Charles-Philippe d'Orléans (4 April 1905 – 10 March 1970) was a member of the House of Orléans, who bore the courtesy title of Duke of Nemours. He was descended from Louis-Philippe's second son, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours.
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Family
Charles-Philippe d'Orléans was the last child and only son of Emmanuel d'Orléans (1872-1931), Duke of Vendôme, and his wife Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870-1948), Duchess of Saxony. Through his mother, daughter of Prince Philippe of Belgium (1837-1905), Count of Flanders, he is affiliated to the Belgian dynasty of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Charles-Philippe is the great-grandson of King Leopold I and the nephew of Albert I of Belgium. On his father's side, the prince belongs to the youngest line of the House of Orléans, descended from the Duke of Nemours, considered by the Orleanists to be the branch of the princes of the blood, heir to the eldest branch in the event of extinction, according to French monarchical traditions.
On 24 September 1928, Prince Charles-Philippe d'Orléans married Marguerite Watson (1899-1993), an American whom he had met during a trip to the United States; from their union, which was not recognized by the Duc de Guise (then the Orleanist pretender to the throne of France and head of the family), no children were born.
Biography
Charles-Philippe d'Orléans was born on 4 April 1905 at the family home, a private mansion on the rue Borghèse in Neuilly-sur-Seine; he was nicknamed "Chappy" in the family context. Prince Charles-Philippe was educated as a child by a tutor who was at one time coveted by the Duchess of Guise for the Count of Paris.