Prince Michel, Count of Evreux

Prince Michel of Orleans, Fils de France, Count of Evreux (Michel Joseph Benoit Marie; born 25 June 1941, Rabat, Morocco) is a French nobleman and part of the claimant family to the French throne. He is the son of the late Prince Henri, Count of Paris (the Orleanist claimant to the French throne from 1940 until his death) and Princess Isabelle of Orleans-Braganza.

Prince Michel is styled as the Count of Evreux.

Background

Prince Michel was born in Morocco and raised in exile as one of the eleven children of the Count of France. His family re-patriated to France in 1950 after the law of banishment against former dynasties was repealed.

Prince Michel earned a university degree studying mathematics, chemistry and physics.

Family

He was dating Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark when he met Beatrice Marie Pasquier de Franclieu, whom he married on 18 November 1967 in Casablanca, Morocco, without his father's consent.

The bride was born Beatrice Marie Guillemine Huguette in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 24 October 1941, the daughter of Count Bruno Marie Emilien Pasquier deFranclieu (Lyon, 4 March 1914-Paris, 15 September 1944) of a noble family, and his wife Jacqueline Francoise Marie Therese Irene Terisse (Rambouillet, 7 September 1918-2006) who had married in Lormes on 29 April 1938.

The marriage was not regarded as dynastic, and Prince Michel's wife and children were not initially given traditional Orleanist royal titles. On 10 December 1976, Beatrice was allowed by her father-in-law to share personal her husband's style, "Her Royal Highness Princess Michel of Orleans, Countess of Evreux. Subsequent to the accession as head of the House of Orleans and pretender by his brother Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France in 1999, his wife and children were recognized as fully dynastic members of the royal house with commensurate styles and titles.

The family lived in Morocco, Germany and England. Their children attained adulthood in Spain. According to the prince's wife, her work as a fashion consultant for Women's Wear Daily and Dior, combined with her husband's lack of a career, imposed strains upon the marriage. Michel and Beatrice were separated in 1994 and he left their home, although there were no plans to terminate the marriage. They had four children (and several grandchildren):

-Princess Clotilde Jacqueline Charlotte Marie Orleans (born 28 December 1968), married in 1993 to Edouard Yves Corneille Crepy (b. 19 January 1969) at Villamanrique de la Condesa, owned by Prince Pedro of Orleans-Braganza:

-Louis Nicolas Marie Francois Stephane Corneille Crepy (b. 4 August 1995)

-Charles Edouard Marie Alvaro Tatiana Corneille Crepy (b. 13 July 1996)

-Gaspard Marie Leon Canio Corneille Crepy (b. 2 March 1999)

-Augustin Crepy (b. 26 April 2005)

-Eleonore Crepy (b. 6 December 2007)

-Princess Adelaide Jeanne Marie Orleans (born 11 September 1971), married in 2002 to Pierre-Louis Etienne Marcel Eric Dailly (b. 28 May 1968):

-Diego Marie Michel Louis Alexis Dailly (b. 20 November 2003)

-Almudena Marie Sarah Beatrice Aline (b. 16 December 2004)

-Gaetano Dailly (b. 25 August 2009)

Princess Adelaide's godfather is King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

Prince Charles-Philippe Marie Louis of Orleans, Duke of Anjou (b. 3 March 1973), married in 2008 to Diana Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of Cadaval at the Cathedral of Evora in Portugal:

-Princess Isabelle of Orleans (b. 22 February 2012)

Princess Isabelle's godfather is King Felipe VI of Spain.

-Prince Francois Charles Frederic Bruno Orleans, Count of Dreux (born 10 February 1982), married 27 July 2014 in the Basilica of St. Jacob in Straubing, Germany to Theresa Marie Dorothee Gabrielle Catherine von Einsiedel. Born 17 January 1984 in Munich, she is the fourth of Seven children of Curt-Hildebrand von Einsiedel (born 1944, member of a comital family known in Meissen since 1299) by his wife, nee Princess Amelie von Urach (born 1949, member of a morganatic ducal branch of the royal House of Wurttemberg, and daughter of Prince Eberhard von Urach by his wife, Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis.

Title

25 June 1941 His Royal Highness The Count of Evreux

House: Orleans

Religion: Roman Catholic

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