Princess Claude of Orléans
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Princess Claude on the day of her marriage to Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, on 22 July 1964
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| Born |
11 December 1943 Larache |
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| Spouse |
Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (m. 1964; div. 1982) Arnaldo La Cagnina (m. 1982; div. 1996) Enrico Gandolfi (m. 2006; d. 2015) |
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| Issue | Princess Bianca Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia Princess Mafalda |
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| House | Orléans | ||||
| Father | Henri, comte de Paris | ||||
| Mother | Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza | ||||
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| Claude Marie Agnès Catherine d'Orléans |
Princess Claude of Orléans (Claude Marie Agnès Catherine; born 11 December 1943) is a French princess of the House of Orléans. She is the former wife of Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, a disputed head of the House of Savoy. Claude was the third Orleanist Princess to hold the title Duchess of Aosta.
Princess Claude was born in Larache as the ninth child and fifth daughter of Henri, comte de Paris, Orléanist claimant to the French throne, and his wife Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza.
She is the sister of Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Orleanist pretender to the French throne, as well as Diane, Duchess of Württemberg, and Prince Jacques, Duke of Orléans. They grew up together on an estate outside Lisbon, Portugal.
On 22 July 1964 in Sintra, Portugal, Princess Claude married Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta. He was the only son of Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta and Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark. His father had been recognized by some as Tomislav II of Croatia.
At the time of their wedding, Amedeo was a student at the Morosini Naval College in Venice, which his father had also attended. The couple met while attending the wedding of Prince Juan Carlos of Spain and Sofia of Greece and Denmark in May 1962 in Athens. They announced their engagement on 4 October 1963. The couple married in a parish church twelve miles from Lisbon. The wedding had been planned for earlier in the month, but was rescheduled after former king Umberto II of Italy (uncle of the groom) needed time to recover from an abdominal operation. The wedding was attended by 300 guests, including Umberto and Prince Juan Carlos and his wife Princess Sofia.
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