They were appointed to the staff of Major General George B. Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War, François went to Washington with two nephews to offer their services to President Lincoln. He announced his intention to stand in the French presidential election of 1852, but a coup by the future Napoleon III meant the election never took place. When Louis Philippe was dethroned in 1848, François lost his position and fled to England. The following year, his success in naval operations on the coast of Morocco resulted in his promotion to vice-admiral. In 1843, he married Princess Francisca of Brazil.
In 1840, he headed the expedition to return Napoleon’s remains to France. He became an officer in the French navy and served with distinction in the 1838-39 Franco-Mexican War. Prince Louis d’Orléans (1814-1896)įrançois d’Orléans, Prince of Joinville, in 1852, age 34įrançois d’Orléans, Prince of Joinville, was the seventh child and third son of Louis Philippe and Marie-Amélie. Marie-Amélie died at Claremont House in 1866 at the age of 83. After 1848, she shared her husband’s exile in England as the Countess de Neuilly. As Queen of the French, she was known for her simple personal life and her charity. Remaining loyal to the Bourbon branch of the family, Marie-Amélie did not believe that her husband should accept the French crown when it was offered to him in 1830. She gave birth to ten children over the next 15 years. She married Louis Philippe in 1809, when they were both in exile in Palermo. She was initially engaged to her cousin, Louis Joseph, the son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, but he died in 1789. Marie-Amélie was related both to Napoleon’s wife Marie Louise and to the Bourbon royals of France. Louis Philippe’s wife, Queen Marie-Amélie, was born as the Italian princess Maria Amalia, daughter of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Maria Carolina of Austria (sister of the Austrian-born Queen Marie Antoinette). Marie-Amélie, photographed in the 1860s by Antoine Claudet when she was in her 80s
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