Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria

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Duchess of Orléans
Archduchess Maria Dorothea
Duchess of Orléans
Consort of the Orléanist pretender
Pretendence5 November 1896 – 28 March 1926
Born(1867-06-14)14 June 1867
Alcsút, Austria-Hungary
Died6 April 1932(1932-04-06) (aged 64)
Alcsút, Kingdom of Hungary
Burial
Habsburg Castle chapel's crypt
SpousePhilippe, Duke of Orléans
Names
German: Maria Dorothea Amalie
French: Marie Dorothée Amélie
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherArchduke Joseph Karl, Palatine of Hungary
MotherPrincess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria (Maria Dorothea Amelia; German: Maria Dorothea Amalie, Erzherzogin von Österreich; 14 June 1867 – 6 April 1932) was a member of the Hungarian line of the House of Habsburg and an Archduchess of Austria by birth. Through her marriage to Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Maria Dorothea was also a member of the House of Orléans. Philippe was the Orléanist claimant to the throne of France from 1894 to 1926 and known to Orléanist monarchists as "Philippe VIII of France." Thus, to Orléanist monarchists, Maria Dorothea was titular Queen of France from 1896 to 1926, and Dowager Queen of France until her death in 1932.

Family

Maria Dorothea was the second-eldest daughter and child of Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria and his wife Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Through her father Joseph Karl, Maria Dorothea was the great-granddaughter of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor. Through her mother, she was the great-granddaughter of Louis Philippe I.

Marriage

Maria Dorothea married her second cousin, Philippe, Duke of Orléans, eldest son of Philippe, Count of Paris and his wife Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, on 5 November 1896 in Vienna.

After several years of marriage, the couple's marriage deteriorated and Maria Dorothea began to spend more and more time each year at her family's estate, Alcsút Palace. Nevertheless, in 1906, Philippe attempted to reconnect with his wife and went to Alcsút to convince her to settle with him at the Manoir d'Anjou near Brussels. Maria Dorothea resisted the living arrangement and remained at Alcsút.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria
8. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
4. Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
9. Infanta Maria Louisa of Spain
2. Archduke Joseph Karl, Palatine of Hungary
10. Duke Louis of Württemberg
5. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg
11. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg
1. Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria
12. Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry
6. Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
13. Princess Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya
3. Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
14. Louis Philippe I of France
7. Princess Clémentine of Orléans
15. Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily

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Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria
Cadet branch of the House of Lorraine
Born: 14 June 1867 Died: 6 April 1932
Titles in pretence
Vacant
Title last held by
Marie Isabelle d'Orléans 		— TITULAR —
Queen consort of France
Orléanist
5 November 1896 – 28 March 1926 		Succeeded by
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