page_title: Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale / Early life
caption_attribution_description: Married to Louis-Phillipe, proclaimed king in July, 1830, she was the last queen to live in Trianon. In the portrait, Marie-Amélie is depicted in the park of the palace of Neuilly accompanied by her two youngest sons, the duc d’Aumale (1822-1897), in the uniform of the light infantry, and the duc de Montpensier (1824-1890), in an artilleryman's uniform. The austerity of her face and her black dress trimmed with lace harmoniously contrasts with her hat trimmed with feathers. On her belt, she wears a "chatelaine", very fashionable during the Romantic period, a chain on which hang useful or decorative items.
context_page_description: Henri Eugène Philippe Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale was a leader of the Orleanists, a political faction in 19th-century France associated with constitutional monarchy. He was born in Paris, the fifth son of King Louis-Philippe I of the French and Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily. He used the title Duke of Aumale. He retired from public life in 1883.
context_section_description: Born at the Palais Royal in Paris, he was brought up by his parents with great simplicity, he was educated at the college of Henri IV.
  At the age of 8, Henri inherited a fortune of 66 million livres (approximately £200 million today), the lands and wealth of his godfather, Louis Henri de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, the last Prince of Condé. Henri also inherited the famous Château de Chantilly, domaines of Saint-Leu, Taverny, Enghien, Montmorency and Mortefontaine. He also gained the Château d'Écouen. At the age of seventeen he entered the army with the rank of a captain of infantry.
caption: Henri (left) with his brother Antoine and his mother Queen Marie Amélie.
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