Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale
French prince; fifth son of Louis Philippe I / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Henri Eugène Philippe Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (16 January 1822 – 7 May 1897) 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 and used the title Duke of Aumale.
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Henri d'Orléans | |||||
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Duke of Aumale | |||||
Portrait by Appert, c. 1870 | |||||
Born | (1822-01-16)16 January 1822 Palais Royal, Paris | ||||
Died | 7 May 1897(1897-05-07) (aged 75) Giardinello, Sicily | ||||
Burial | Royal Chapel, Dreux, France | ||||
Spouse | Carolina Augusta of the Two Sicilies | ||||
Issue Among others... | Louis, Prince of Condé François Louis, Duke of Guise | ||||
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House | Orléans | ||||
Father | Louis Philippe I | ||||
Mother | Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily | ||||
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Aumale became an infantry officer and saw active service in the French conquest of Algeria and in 1847 was appointed as its Governor-General. After the French Revolution of 1848, he went to live in England, where he pursued historical interests. The Franco-Prussian War enabled him to return to France, where he was elected to parliament and the Académie française. In 1872, he returned to the army as a Divisional General, and from 1879 to 1883 was inspector-general of the army.
An important art collector, Aumale left his Château de Chantilly to the Institute of France, to display his collection.