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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

If I remember my college history prof correctly, the French recognise 2 pretenders to the throne. One is the descendants of the Bourbons and the other is the descendant of Napoleon. I’m guessing that this article refers to the Bourbon descendant.


5 posted on 05/03/2009 3:14:49 PM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: ops33

Close, but no cigar. There are two pretenders to the French throne.

Jean de France is the Orleans descendant. The Bourbon descendant lives in Spain.

Prince Jean Carl Pierre Marie d’Orléans, Dauphin de France and Duc de Vendôme was born in Paris on 19 May 1965 the son of Henri, comte de Paris, duc de France, the Orléanist pretender to the French throne, and Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg.

He is in the line of succession to the French throne. He was created Duc de Vendôme on 27 September 1987 and Dauphin du Viennois on 19 June 1999. He was created Dauphin de France in 2006, bypassing his mentally disabled elder brother, François, comte de Clermont, according to the website of the Orléanist French royal family.


24 posted on 05/03/2009 3:50:06 PM PDT by Cincinna (TIME TO REBUILD * PALIN * JINDAL * CANTOR 2012)
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