Isabella of Orleans (1911–2003)
Isabella of Orleans (1911–2003)
Countess of Paris. Name variations: Isabelle d'Orléans et Bragance; Isabella d'Eu. Born Isabel Marie Amélie Louise Victoire Thérèse Jeanne d'Orléans-Bragance, Aug 13,1911, at Chateau d'Eu in Normandy; died July 5, 2003, in Paris; dau. of Pedro de Alcántra, prince of Grao Para, and Elizabeth Dobrzenska (b. 1875); m. her cousin, Henry (b. 1908), count of Paris, April 8, 1931 (died 1999); children: Isabella of Guise (b. 1932); Henry of Clermont (b. 1933, who m. Maria Theresa of Wurttemberg); Helene of Guise (b. 1934); François (1935–1960); Michael and James (b. 1941); Thibaut (b. 1948).
Was married to the pretender to the French throne; lived in exile in Belgium, Brazil, Morocco and Spain; returned to France (1950); wrote 3 volumes of memoirs and biographies of Marie Antoinette (Moi) and Maria Amelia.