ELDEST SON OF THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE OF ORLÉANS DEAD
December 31, 2017, the eldest son of the Head of the Orléans branch of the French Royal House, Prince François, Count of Clermont (1961-2017) died in Paris. For a long time, His Royal Highness was suffering from toxoplasmosis, which he had inherited from his mother, the Duchess of Württemberg, at birth. In 2001, Prince François passed the title of Dauphin of Viennois to his younger brother Prince Jean, Duke of Vendome (born 1965).