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Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria

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Archduchess Maria Dorothea
Duchess of Orléans
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Archduchess, c. 1913
Consort of the Orléanist pretender to the French throne
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
Palatinal Crypt, Buda Castle, Budapest, Hungary
Spouse
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(m. 1896; sep. 1914)​
Names
German: Maria Dorothea Amalie von Habsburg-Lothringen
Hungarian: Habsburg–Lotaringiai Mária Dorottya Amália
French: Marie Dorothée Amélie de Habsbourg-Lorraine
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherArchduke Joseph Karl, Palatine of Hungary
MotherPrincess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria (German: Erzherzogin Maria Dorothea Amalie 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.[1] Through her marriage to Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, she became a member of the House of Orléans. As Philippe was the Orléanist claimant to the French throne, Maria Dorothea was recognized by Orléanist monarchists as the titular queen of France from 1896 until the couple's legal separation in 1914. Following Philippe's death in 1926, she was regarded by supporters as the dowager queen until her death in 1926.[2][3]

Family

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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, she was a great-granddaughter of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor.Through her mother, Maria Dorothea also was a great-granddaughter of Louis Philippe I. She was name after her grandmother Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg.

She was known as Mariska to her relatives.

Marriage

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Maria Dorothea married her second cousin, Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans ("Philippe VIII" in the list of French pretenders), eldest son of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris ("Louis Philippe II" or "Philippe VII") and his wife Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans,

on 5 November 1896 in Vienna.[4][5]

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.[6][7]

Honours

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Ancestry

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References

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  1. ↑ Chibi, Károly (2003). A Habsburgok magyarországi nágori ága (in Hungarian). Chibi Károly. pp. 45–48. ISBN 978-963-210-410-2.
  2. ↑ Almanach de Gotha: contenant diverses connaissances curieuses et utiles pour l'année 1910 (in French). Justus Perthes. 1910. pp. 53–54.
  3. ↑ TIMES, Special Cable to THE NEW YORK (29 March 1926). "FRENCH PRETENDER IS DEAD IN SICILY; Louis Philippe, Duke of Orleans, Dies of Pneumonia at His Palermo Villa. QUEEN AMELIE AT BEDSIDE His Cousin, the Duke of Guise, Now Becomes Successor to the Throne of Louis Philippe I. FRENCH PRETENDER IS DEAD IN SICILY". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
  4. ↑ The Annual Register: World Events .... 1896. - 1897. ProQuest. 1897.
  5. ↑ Hanson, Edward W. (13 May 2017). The Wandering Princess: Princess Helene of France, Duchess of Aosta 1871-1951. Fonthill Media.
  6. ↑ Thorn, Dr Gary (17 April 2019). The Locusts: British Critics of Portugal before the First World War. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1-78284-582-9.
  7. ↑ The Day. The Day.
  8. ↑ "Visu - Login". arch.be. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  9. 1 2 Almanach de Gotha : contenant diverses connaissances curieuses et utiles pour l'année ... (in French). Gallica. 1910. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
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