The Orleans: A family that betrayed its own origins

Coat of arms used by Louis Philip III, Duke of Orleans during his tenure as "King of the French"

How can a monarchist support a branch that descends from the so called Philip Egalitte? may be the most hypocritye person that has ever existed, the betray of the Duke of Orleans can be compared to that of Judas against Our Lord Jesuschrist.

In the eve of the french revolution Louis Philip II, Duke of Orleans was the Premier Prince du Sang, a french prince with all the privileges and honours that the title carries, however he was always a very ambicious person that wanted to be the King of France at any cost.

It was 1789 and the revolution erupted in l'hexagone of France, soon came the most tragic year of all the Monarchical History: 1792, the year when His Most Christian Majesty Louis XVI of France was beheaded by the guillotine, everybody will be surpised knowing that Louis Philip II voted in favor of the regicide, even the revolutionaries were shocked by this.

The young son of Louis XVI, Louis Charles became for the royalist Louis XVII however the french revolutionary government decided to establish a republic and abolish the monarchy, Louis Philip II changed his name to Philippe Egalite and "rennounced" to his origins and alligned with the new government.

He had a special disgust for the queen Marie Antoinette and there are very deep suspicions that he even provoked the death of the Dowager Queen. At the end however everyone pays its own debts, and Louis Philip II was also killed by the revolutionary government during the Reign of Terror, I'm sure he's paying his sins at the hell lamenting his betray to his royal cousin the martyr king Louis XVI.

Ironically his son and succesor Louis Philip III succeeded to become "King of the French" as an usurper thus following the betray of his father, in 1830 when Charles X abdicated the throne should have passed to Louis XIX and after him to Henry V, however the General Estates "elected" the Duke of Orleans as the next monarch, this was of course illegal and without any historical or traditional basis.


Louis-Philippe III, Duke of Orleans, one of the biggest betrayers in French history.

As a prince du sang and cousin to the king, Louis Philip III should have rejected the offer of the throne, however he accepted and became "King of the French", BETRAY BETRAY and more BETRAY!, at the end he payed his betray when in 1848 a new French Revolution deposed his usurper government, the decaying prince then was exiled.

Today his male line descendants continue to claim the throne of France under false and illegal pretensions, they are not the most senior capetians, they are betrayeres of the legitime monarchy, they are standard bearers of a fratricide legacy, the only right pretender to the Throne of the Holy France is: HMCM Louis XX, Duke of Anjou, may God give him male issue!!

Philip V's rennunciation: Null and void to both International Law and God's eyes

HMCM Louis XX, current Legitimist (And only rightfull) Titular King of France

In 1700 Charles II of Spain died childless, the last king of the most senior House of the Austrias, the Spanish Habsburgs, was a sick person unable to procreate even he marries twice, he was deformed and was sterile.

As the male line of the Spanish Habsburgs died with Charles II, then the throne should pass (According to the traditional law of succession followed by the Spanish Monarchy) to the eldest daughter of the previous monarch, Philip IV of France, and then to her issue, the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain that was already deceased but had left her own issue.



The family tree shown above demonstrates how the Bourbons were the next in line of succession to the then heirless Spanish throne.

Maria Theresa was the queen consort of Louis XIV and their only surviving son was, Louis the Grand Dauphin, then in normal conditions he would have been the next monarch of Spain, however he was destined to become King of France at teh death of Louis XIV, and thus unable to accend another throne.

In those times the theories of the Balance of Power were already very popular and thus no european power would allow a single monarch to become king of two very powerfull countries as it were both Spain and France.

The Grand Dauphin had three sons of his own: Louis, Duke of Bourgogne (Also expected to become king of France at some time), Philip, Duke of Anjou and Charles, Duke of Berry, it was decided then that Philip was going to be selected as the heir to the Spanish crown so the thrones of France and Spain would remain separated.

However in XVIIIth century Europe the life was ephimeral and the deseases took the lives of both royals and commoners, as that the succession issues were common as life expectancy was short. Even the succession to both French and Spanish thrones was already separated, countries as Prussia, the HRE and England feared that in near future it would be possible that both countries will be unified in a personal union.

Then in 1700 Philip, Duke of Anjou became Philip V of Spain, but was still in the line of succession to the French Throne, the War of Spanish Succession then erupted, as the archduke Charles of Austria (Future Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor) contested the accession of Philip V.

At the end of the War, Philip V could assure his new crown, however he was FORCED to rennounce to his rights to the French throne. According to the then popular "Divine right of Kings" it was impossible to rennounce to one's divine destiny, Philip V as a capetian had al the rights to become King of France in the eventuality of the loss of the heirs apparents, according to modern International Law any treaty signed under coersions is illegal and thus null and void.

The so called rennunciation of Philip V was thus illegal in both traditional and modern law, a Prince du Sang can not simply rennounce his right of blood, and the centuries old French Salic tradition could not be affected by a treaty of such nature.

It was never necessary to call Philip V back to France since the little Louis XV could survive infancy and produce his own issue, however unfortunately this line became extinct in 1883 at the death of the Count of Chamboard, thus according to Salic Law the succession devolved to the descendants of Philip V of Spain.

Under no means a French Prince can be deprived of it's right to succession, this did not happened even when the protestant Henry IV acceeded to the throne, and at the time that tyhe succession devolved to descendants of Philip V, the most senior Bourbon was not reigning as King of Spain thus no violation to the Balance of Power happened.



Juan, Count of Montizon (Pictured above) of the Carlist Branch of the Spanish Bourbons was then the next rightfull king of Spain, his line became extinct in 1936 and then it passed to the royal line of Spain with Alfonso XIII of Spain, however both the spanish and french lines became separated again in 1941, the second son (Jaime, Duke of Segovia) of Alfonso XIII succeeded to the french crown while the youngest (Juan, Count of Barcelona) succeeded to the spanish.

Even today both lines are separated, with HMCM Louis XX as the pretender to the french throne, and HM Juan Carlos I as the present and reigning King of Spain, then there it is no reason to use the argument of the personal union to avoid Louis XX becoming King of France.

In brief the rennunciation was null and void, the spanish and french lines of the Bourbons are now again separated and thus there it is no valid reason to reject Louis XX as the only rightfull pretender of the throne.

Remember that since 987 the following formula was always true:

Most senior Capetian= King of France
HMCM Louis XX= King of France DEI GRATIA

The issue of the succession in France

Why should we always support Louis XX as the rightfull pretender to the throne of France??? Why is there a succession crisis in France???? What are we expecting for the near future in the French Throne???? This questions are going to be answered in a series of entries that will be totally dedicated to demonstrate that Louis XX is the rightfull King of France.

1.- The "extinction" of the main line of the French Bourbons

The French Revolution was a genocide, according to the current definitions a "Genocide" is a deliberate and systematic destruction of a certain group. During the French Revolution thousands of nobles died, only because their noble or royal birth, hundreds and even thousands of innocent souls died in a horrible genocide that most of the liberal historians have ignored during these centuries.

Even the Royal Family of France suffered from this unjustified genocide, the first to die was His Most Christian Majesty Louis XVI, then his wife the Queen Marie Antoinette, other members of the Royal Family had a similar fate, for example Madame Élisabeth of France the youngest sister of Louis XVI (Pictured below).



The royal partner left only two children, the Madame Royale and the Dauphin that in 1793 (After the beheading of his father the king) became HMCM Louis XVII of France, however he was imprisoned by the revolutionaries (How can someone justify the imprisioning of an innocent child?????) in very sad and unclean conditions, it was just a matter of time before he would fell ill.

Louis XVII died in 1795, thus the male line of Louis XVI was extinct, the throne then passed in titularity to Louis XVIII (Brother of Louis XVI), the new king however was also childless and failed during all his lifetime to produce any issue, his male line then was also extinct at the time of his own death in 1824.

The last male scion of the generation of Luis XVI was his youngest brother Charles X, that had two sons of his own: the Dauphin Louis of Angouléme and Charles, Duke of Berry. It were some hopes that they would likely had children of their own and ensure the continuation of the main line of the Royal Bourbons.

Louis of Angouléme was married to the Madame Royal, the last surviving child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, however for the sadness of everyone they failed to produce any child. Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry was murdered in 1820 however he left his wife, Caroline Ferdinande of the Two Sicilies, pregned and she later gave birth to the very last male scion of the Royal Bourbons of France, Henry, Duke of Bordeaux.

However in 1830 Charles X was forced to abdicate, the Dauphin Louis XIX also rennounced his rights to the throne and as Charles was already dead, the throne should have passed to the Duke of Bordeaux. However a huge betray then happened, the Duke of Orleans, Louis Philip usurped the throne and crowned himself as "King of the French".



To the general suffering ot the monarchists, the Duke of Bordeaux (Better known as Count of Chamboard, and pictured above) failed to produce children of his own and thus the main line of the Bourbons became extinct in 1883, and thus the doubt came, who was the next in the line of succession???

Following the agnatic succession under Salic Law, always followed in strict order by the French Monarchy, the next heir was Juan, Count of Montizon, the most senior living descendant of Philip V of Spain and thus of Louis XIV of France.

In the next entry I will discuss why the so called "rennunciation" of Philip V was illegal and thus without any real effect, I will also discuss why the Orleans Family has not any real right to pretend the throne, Henry the so called Count of Paris is only in the 76th place of the line of succession and is descended from usurpers and betrayers of the only true and legitime monarchy.

This series of entries will be distributed in the following way:

1.- "Extinction" of the main line of the French Royal House. (Current)
2.- The so called "rennunciation" of Philip V. (Next)
3.- The Orleans: A family that betrayed their own origins.
4.- His Most Christian Majesty Louis XX Titular King of France.
5.- The future of the succession.

The forgotten infantas: Isabella Clara Eugenia and Catherine Michelle of Spain

Today when I woke up I remembered this two very special infantas. They are almost forgotten by historians and most monarchists in Spain, and however they are very important because of a series of reasons that I will expose next.

This two girls were the only surviving daughters from the marriage between Philip II of Spain and his third wife, Elizabeth of France (Daughter of Henry II of France, and thus a member of the Royal House of Valois-Angouléme, exposed in the last entry of this blog), Isabella Claura Eugenia was the eldest to survive, (before her a set of female twis was miscarriaged) and after her came the Infanta Catherine Michelle, their mother Elizabeth then gave birth to a son, both mother and son died the very same day.

Philip II had already a male heir Don Carlos, Prince of Asturias a son by his first marriage with Maria Manuela of Portugal, however he died in 1568 leaving Philip heirless, he then married the fiance of his own deceased son, the archduchess Anne of Austria (Even he was her own uncle). From this marriage Philip II finally could produce new male heirs, the only surviving would become the next king of Spain: Philip III.


Well, in this circumstances grew older the poor infantas, however their father, the always ambicious Philip II had great plans and vission for their daughters, specially for the eldest, Isabella Clara Eugenia. When in 1558 Elizabeth I came to the throne of England, the devout Roman Catholic Philip II could not simply accept a protestand in the throne of the Island, indeed Philip II wanted Isabella Clara Eugenia to become the next monarch of England (The only claim she could have to the throne was that his father Philip II had been indeed King of England in the right of his second wife, Queen Mary I of England, however Isabella Clara Eugenia was not her descendant).



Of course this failed, and all hopes were beaten after the defeat of the "Armada Invencible" of Spain. Then Philip II sought another throne for her daughter in that of France, indeed she was the nearest blood relative (And also the most senior) to the last kings of the House of Valois-Angoulême in France), however she was barred from the throne because of the Salic Law, in 1589 when her last Valois uncle died heirless the throne went to the Premier Prince du Sang, the King of Navarre, Henry IV.

At the end in 1598 Isabella Clara Eugenia was declared Sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands in a co-regency with her husband, the archduke Albert VII of Austria, finally she could reign over her own realm in the right of his nephew the King Philip III of Spain.

The times of Isabella Clara Eugenia as co-sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands are remembered as a Golden Age.

Catherine Michele the youngest had a much shorter life, however she succeeded were his sister failed, while Isabella Clara Eugenia failed to produce heirs (She gave birth to three siblings, however all they died very young), Catherine Michele gave birth to his spouse, Charles Emmanuel I Duke of Savoy, ten children.



Catherine Michele died shortly after turning thirty years old, however all their descendants succeeded to built the Royal House of Savoy, first as dukes of Savoy, then as Kings of Sardinia and finally as Kings of Italy. Her descendants were the main line of the Savoy and also the junior line of Savoy-Carignano that at the extinction of the former became the most senior and the one that succeeded to the throne of Italy.

Then as you can see both infantas have indeed a very special place in history, Isabella Clara Eugenia as a potential pretender to very important thrones and as a ruler of the Spanish Netherlands, and Catherine Michele as the matriarch of the Royal Hoyse of Savoy.

Le Maison de Valois-Angoulême

In 1328 the senior lineage of the Capetian Dinasty became extinct in the male line at the death of Charles IV of France.

After his death, the succession was unclear and several pretenders claimed the vacant French throne, he only left one daugther and his wife was pregnant, however at the end the queen Jeanne gave birth to another daughter.

In this moment the monarchy was defined to be ruled under Salic Law and thus all the sons born through female lines were barred from the throne, including Edward III of England who was claiming without any legal basis to be the rightfull king of France (The kings of England, and then from Great Britain continued to claim the French throne as late as 1801).

The nearest relative in the main line to the last king of France was Philip, Count of Valois, from then on the French Monarchy has been always ruled by the most strict and perfect Salic Law, this prevented France to be swallowed by England.

The main line of the Valois died out in 1498, it was followed by the brief reign of Louis XII who belonged to the junior branch of Valois-Orleans, however he also died without male heirs and in 1515 after his death, he was succeeded in the throne by a first cousin once removed, Francis I of Valois-Angoulême, a new lineage of french kings was born.

However the history had different plans for the new reigning House of France, it seems that the Valois-Angoulême were a cursed family, a lot of strange facts and unfortunate events lead us to think this.

The first king of this House is remembered as an accomplished writer and a man of letters, however his life was full of tragedies and slips. All of his reign was a bitter fight against his mosty hated enemy, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V who was also the King of Spain.

Charles V's reign supposed a permanent threat to the French Kingdom, Francis had unsuccesfully tried to become the Holy Roman Emperor in 1519, instead his enemy was chosen.

The most tragic event of his life came when he was captured in 1525 at the Battle of Pavia, he was forced to sign an humilliant treaty which greatly affected his own realm, he even had to leave his sons as hostages as a backing to his own word (That was put in doubt).

In 1536 he lost hiw eldest son and heir, Francis, Dauphin of France, and when he finally died in 1547 he was then succeeded by his second son, Henry that became Henry II of France, and who also had a very sad life but a even a worse dead.

Henry II married to the bitter and ambicious Catherine De Medici, and he had four sons that survived to adulthood and even the dinasty semt to be well safe in the male line, the destiny had different plans, all of the four would fail to produce their own male issue.

Henry II ended with the Italian Wars and even recaptured Calais, however everything else was obscure, he married his heir Francis to the heir of Scotland, Mary I, the marriage would then give the Dauphin of France rights not only to the Kingdom of France but also to that of Scotland, and potentially to that of England.

However the big hopes of the dinasty were all bitterly destroyed, Henry II died in 1559 when he was participating in a tournament to celebrate the peace with his long-time enemies the Habsburgs, there in a tragic accident a lance wounded him in an eye and had a long and very painfull death.

He was succeeded in the throne by Francis II who in turn died one year later, not only a king died but also the pretensions over Scotland and England also.

In 1560 came Charles IX a weak and fearfull child that had to suffer from the wars of religion and the struggle of power in France, his mother Catherine a rude women is supposed to be one of the main minds behind the bloody Massacre of Saint Barthelemy, where large crowds of hugenots were tragically murdered.

Charles IX died in 1574 childless and almost totally out of his mind, believing that he was going to hell after the massacres that occurred during his ephimeral reign. The last monarch of the dinasty, Henry III had also a poor reputation, some historians agree that he was an homosexual this after his exaggerate effeminate aspect and manners.

Henry III failed to produce heirs, to stop the religion wars in France and when his brother Hercules (The last male scion of the House of Valois) died, the faith of the dinasty was written. The premier prince du sang, and then heir presumptive was his distant cousin Henry of Bourbon, King of Navarre, a protestant.

Charles IX was murdered in 1589 and the Valos-Angolême dinasty died with him, the great House of Bourbon then succeeded, the Bourbons continue to this day and in fact they are the last surviving legitimate branch of the Capetian Dinasty.

I added a Family Tree (Original production) in order to expose the three generations of the Valois-Angoulême, even they had sad lifes, I hope they found a peacefull and quiet rest at Heaven.

God Bless Them

Welcome to International Monarchism

Hi my name is Federico Campos, and I am mexican of birth, since I was a child I've been a strong supporter of monarchism and so I decided that it was time to express to the world my ideals and my reasons. It is difficult to be a monarchist in a very republican country as Mexico, however I'll never surrend my ideal of monarchism.

The main cause of this blog is to create a place for all monarchists arround the World (Specially those in the Christian World) in order to exchange opinions and to glorify the most wonderfull and beautiful form of state: The Monarchy

This blog is defined as follows:

*Legitimist: Always supporting Louis XX, Duke of Anjou (May God always bless him)
*Respectful of the UK: I think jacobitism is right, however at the end of Henry IX, the succession becomes less clear, and thus is better to accept the status of His Majesty Elizabeth II (Shall always God bless her and give her more years to come)
*Supportive of Salic Law: I think the salic law is a beautiful form to define lines of succession, however I am notr against the rule of women (Many queens have been incredibly wise, as Maria Theresa of the HRE or queen Cristina of Sweden).
*Iturbidist: Supporting the rights of His Imperial Highness Maximilian II of Mexico, heir general of the emperor Agustin Iturbide of Mexico.
*Always monarchist: supporting the restoration of the monarchy in the following countries:
-Italy: in the person of Vittorio Emmanuele IV
-Greece: In the person of His Majesty Constantine II
-Austria: In the person of His Imperial Majesty Otto I of Habsburg
-Germany: In the person of His Imperial Majesty George Frederick I, Titular German Emperor
-France: In the person of His Most Christian Majesty Louis XX of France
-Portugal: In the person of Dom Duarte de Braganza (A male line descendant of Hugh Capet, and thus a Capetian in an illegitime line)
-Bulgaria: In the person of Simeon II Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
-Romania: In the person of HM Michael II of Hohenzollern (And supporting his eldest daughter as the next in line)
-Serbia: In the person of Crown Prince Alexander
-Montenegro: In the person of HRH Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro
-Albania: In the person of Leka, Crown Prince of Albania
-Mexico: In the person of HIM Maximilian II, Titular Emperor of Mexico
-Brazil: In the person of Luis-Gastao, Titular Emperor of Brazil

I guess there are many other thrones i would support, and of course in the future I will paid them respect and loyalty.

From time to time, issues surrounding monarchy will be discussed in this Blog, for example the dynastic disputes in France, Two-Sicilies and Brazil, I'm sure that we will have different opinions, but it is important to always remember that united we will achieve the more good for Monarchy.

I am also supporting the motion in the UK to stop banning the catholics from reaching the throne, you may find more info on the issue in the following lynk (Is in spanish): http://www.monarquiaconfidencial.com/pg_Articulo.aspx?IdObjeto=698

God bless forever monarchy and all the Christian Royal Houses!

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