Jean, Count of Paris

Jean d'Orléans
Count of Paris
Jean in 2019
Orléanist pretender to the French throne
Pretence21 January 2019 – present
PredecessorHenri, Count of Paris
Heir apparentGaston, Dauphin of France
Born (1965-05-19) 19 May 1965
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Spouse
(m. 2009)
Issue
  • Prince Gaston, Dauphin of France
  • Princess Antoinette
  • Princess Louise-Marguerite
  • Prince Joseph
  • Princess Jacinthe
  • Prince Alphonse
Names
Jean Carl Pierre Marie
HouseOrléans
FatherPrince Henri, Count of Paris
MotherDuchess Marie Therese of Württemberg
ReligionRoman Catholic

Jean Carl Pierre Marie d'Orléans (born 19 May 1965) is the current head of the House of Orléans. Jean is the senior male descendant by primogeniture in the male-line of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French, and thus according to the Orléanists the legitimate claimant to the defunct throne of France as Jean IV. Of France's three monarchist movements, Orléanism, Legitimism, and Bonapartism, most royalists are Orléanists. Jean is the second son of the late Henri, Count of Paris (1933–2019) and his former wife Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg (born 1934). With the death of his father, he has been using the style of Count of Paris since 2019.