Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a French Crown Princess after her marriage in 1837 to the eldest son of Louis Philippe I. She is known as the mother of the future Count of Paris and Duke of
Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Helene in her earlier years. Pastel by Friedrich Christoph Georg Lenthe, heightening in opaque colours; made in 1828 according to his own design, mounted on gray backing paper
Portrait of Helene with her son Prince Philippe (by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1839)
Helene in her later years (portrait by Heinrich Pommerencke, c. 1850)
Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, was the son of Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, and thus, a grandson of King Louis Philippe I of France. He fought for the Union in the American Civil War,
Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
…a French Crown Princess after her marriage in 1837 to the eldest son of Louis Philippe I. She is known as the mother of the future Count of Paris and Duke of Chartres. Her descendants include present-day pretenders to the throne of France, Romania and Italy, and the kings of Spain and Belgium…
Prince Robert, c. 1900
Robert d'Orleans, Duc de Chartres, as Captain in the U.S. Volunteers, 1862
Prince Robert, c. 1860s