Pretender

:This page is about the word Pretender as it applies to a monarchy. For other meanings, see Pretender (disambiguation).

French Pretenders

Following the death of the childless legitimist pretender 'Henry V', Comte de Chambord, grandson of King Charles X of France in the 1880s, the majority of French monarchists accepted the Comte's selection as heir, his distant relative, the Orleanist pretender, the Comte de Paris, grandson of King Louis-Philippe (they descend from king Louis XIII) as the pretender to the French throne. A small minority refused to accept this designation, and chose instead a descendant of Louis XIV through the Spanish line, regarding Philip V of Spain's renunciation invalid. Of course, the Comte de Paris was more distant genealogically from comte de Chambord than the Spanish heir. Hence there are in effect two pretenders to the French throne, though the Orleanist pretender, the modern Comte de Paris, is generally accepted by most French monarchists as the pretender, as the list above shows.

Related Topics:
Comte de Chambord - Charles X of France - Comte de Paris - Louis-Philippe - Philip V of Spain

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There is also a pretender to the imperial throne of France, in the person of Charles Bonaparte, descendant of the Prince Napoléon.

Related Topics:
Charles Bonaparte - Prince Napoléon

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