Descendants of Henry IV of France

Henry IV of France was the first Bourbon king of France. Formerly known as Henri of Navarre, he succeeded to the French throne with the extinction of House of Valois, at the death of Henry III of France.
His descendants are varied and numerous. Some of his descendants are Juan Carlos of Spain, Franz, Duke of Bavaria, Diana, Princess of Wales, actress Brooke Shields and singer and actress Jane Birkin. He had six children with his wife Marie de' Medici and also had at least eleven illegitimate children with his many mistresses. This article deals with each of his legitimate children and their respective descendants.

Life, background and pedigree

Life and claim to the French Throne

Henri de Bourbon was born in Pau, the capital of the French province of Béarn. Although baptised as a Roman Catholic, Henry was raised as a Protestant by his mother Jeanne d’Albret. On 9 June 1572, upon Jeanne's death, he became King Henry III of Navarre.
When Henry was a boy, it seemed highly unlikely that he would ever inherit the throne of France, since Henry II had produced four surviving sons. However, his male-line pedigree gave him a special place of honour in the French nobility, since all sons of the Bourbon line were acknowledged as the princes of the blood. As the senior male representative of that line, Henry was officially the First Prince of the Blood.
Henry of Navarre became the legal heir to the French throne upon the death in 1584 of François, Duke of Alençon, brother and heir presumptive of the Catholic King Henry III. Because of Henry's status as the Prince du Sang, Henry III had no choice but to recognise him as the legitimate successor. The Salic law disinherited the king's sisters and all others who could claim descent by the distaff line. He was then the closest relative of the king in the legitimate male line, and as such the next senior-most representative of the House of Capet after the king himself. Catherine de Medici, the King's mother, had attempted to unite Valois and Bourbon interests. In 1572, by which time only two of her sons remained alive, she brokered a marriage between her daughter Marguerite of Valois and Henry.
On the death of Henry III on 2 August 1589, Henri of Navarre nominally became the King of France. But the powerful Catholic League, strengthened by support from Spain, forced him to the south and he had to set about winning his kingdom by military conquest, aided by money and troops bestowed by Protestant England. This set off the War of the Three Henries phase of the French Wars of Religion. The League proclaimed Henry's Catholic uncle Charles, the Cardinal de Bourbon, king as Charles X, but the Cardinal himself was Henry's prisoner. Henry was victorious at Ivry and Arques, but failed to take Paris.
With the encouragement of the great love of his life, Gabrielle d'Estrées, on 25 July 1593 Henry declared that Paris vaut bien une messe and permanently renounced Protestantism, thus earning him the allegiance of the vast majority of his subjects and the resentment of his former allies. He was crowned King of France at the Cathedral of Chartres on 27 February 1594. In 1598, he declared the Edict of Nantes, which gave circumscribed toleration to the Huguenots. However, this action angered fanatical Catholics, who wanted Protestantism rooted out for good, and could see that Henry had no intention to do so. Therefore, in 1610, Henry was assassinated by a fanatical Catholic, François Ravaillac.

Pedigree

Paternal ancestry

King Louis IX
Robert, Count of Clermont, brother of King Philip III
Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, 1st cousin of King Philip IV
James I, Count of La Marche, 2nd cousin of kings Louis X, Philip V, Charles IV, and Philip VI
John I, Count of La Marche, 3rd cousin of kings John I Posthumus and John II
Louis, Count of Vendôme, 4th cousin of King Charles V
François, Count of Vendôme, 6th cousin of King Charles VII
Charles IV, Duke of Bourbon, 7th cousin of kings Louis XI and Louis XII
Antoine de Bourbon, 8th cousin of kings Charles VIII and Francis I
Henry IV was the 9th cousin of King Henry II,
and the 9th cousin once removed of kings Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III

Legitimate issue by Marie de' Medici

Children

Descendants of Louis XIII of France

Senior agnatic descendants Louis XIV of France

Senior agnatic descendants of Philippe I, Duke of Orleans

Name of descendant	Portrait	Birth	Marriages and issue	Death	Miscellaneous
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans 1640–1701		21 September 1640, son of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria	Henrietta Anne of England 4 children Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate 3 children	9 June 1701
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans 1701–1723		2 August 1674, son of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans and Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate	Françoise Marie de Bourbon 8 children	2 December 1723
Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans 1723–1752		4 August 1703 Palace of Versailles son of Françoise-Marie de Bourbon and Philippe II, Duke of Orléans	Margravine Auguste Marie Johanna of Baden-Baden 18 June 1724 2 children	4 February 1752 Paris aged 48
Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans 1752–1785		12 May 1725 Palace of Versailles son of Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans and Margravine Auguste Marie Johanna of Baden-Baden	Louise Henriette de Bourbon 1743 3 children	18 November 1785 Seine-Port aged 60
Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans 1785–1793		13 April 1747 Château de Saint Cloud son of Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans and Louise Henriette de Bourbon	Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon 6 June 1769 5 children	6 November 1793 Paris aged 46
Louis Philippe I ' 1793–1850		6 October 1773 Paris son of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon	Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies 1809 10 children	26 August 1850 Claremont aged 76
Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans		3 September 1810 Royal Palace of Palermo, Two Sicilies son of Louis Philippe I and Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily	Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1837 2 children	13 July 1842 Sablonville, Hauts-de-Seine, France aged 31
Prince Philippe, Count of Paris 1850–1894		24 August 1838 Paris son of Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans and Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	Princess Marie Isabelle d'Orléans 30 May 1864 8 children	8 September 1894 Stowe House aged 56
Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans 1894–1926		24 August 1869 York House, Twickenham son of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris and Princess Marie Isabelle d'Orléans	Maria Dorothea of Austria 5 November 1896 No children	28 March 1926 Stowe House aged 56
Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres		November 9, 1840 Paris son of Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans and Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	Françoise d'Orléans-Joinville June 11, 1863 5 children	December 5, 1910 Saint-Firmin, Hautes-Alpes aged 70
Prince Jean, Duke of Guise 1926–1940		4 September 1874 Paris son of Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres and Marie-Françoise d'Orléans	Isabelle d'Orléans, duchesse de Guise 30 October 1899 4 children	25 August 1940 Larache aged 66
Prince Henri, Count of Paris 1940–1999		5 July 1908 Nouvion-en-Thiérache son of Prince Jean, Duke of Guise and Isabelle d'Orléans, duchesse de Guise	Princess Isabel of Orléans-Braganza 8 April 1931 11 children	19 June 1999 Chérisy aged 91
Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France''' 1999–		14 June 1933 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre son of Prince Henri, Count of Paris and Princess Isabel of Orléans-Braganza	Marie Therese of Württemberg 5 July 1957 5 children Micaela Cousiño Quiñones de León 31 October 1984 No children

Descendants of Elisabeth of France

Name of descendant	Portrait	Birth	Marriages and issue	Death	Miscellaneous
Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias 1644–1646		17 October 1629, son of Philip IV of Spain and Elisabeth of France	Never Married	9 October 1646
Marie Thérèse, Queen of France 1646–1683		10 September 1638, daughter of Philip IV of Spain and Elisabeth of France	Louis XIV 6 children	30 July 1683
Louis, Dauphin of France 1683–1711		1 November 1661, son of Maria Theresa of Spain and Louis XIV	Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria 3 children	14 April 1711
Louis, Duke of Burgundy 1711–1712		16 August 1682, son of Louis, Dauphin of France and Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria	Marie Adélaïde of Savoy 3 children	18 February 1712
Louis, Duke of Brittany 1712		8 January 1707 son of Louis, Duke of Burgundy and Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy	never married	8 March 1712 aged 5
Louis XV 1712—1774		15 February 1710, son of Louis, Duke of Burgundy and Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy	Marie Leszczyńska 10 children	10 May 1774
Louis, Dauphin of France		4 September 1729, son of Louis XV and Marie Leszczyńska	Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain 1 child Maria Josepha of Saxony 8 children	20 December 1765
Louis XVI 1774—1793		23 August 1754, son of Louis, Dauphin of France and Marie-Josèphe of Saxony	Marie Antoinette 4 children	21 January 1793
Louis XVII 1793–1795		27 March 1785 Palace of Versailles son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette	never married	8 June 1795 Paris Temple
Marie Thérèse of France 1795–1851		19 December 1778 Château de Versailles daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette	Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême no children	19 October 1851 Kostanjevica Monastery, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Charles X of France		9 October 1757, son of Louis, Dauphin of France and Marie-Josèphe of Saxony	Marie Thérèse of Savoy 3 children	6 November 1836
Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry		24 January 1778 Palace of Versailles son of Charles X of France and Marie Thérèse of Savoy	Princess Caroline of Naples 1816 4 children	14 February 1820 Paris
Henri, Count of Chambord 1851–1883		29 September 1820 Tuileries Palace son of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry and Caroline Ferdinande Louise of Two Sicilies	Marie Thérèse of Austria-Este November 1846 No children	24 August 1883 Gorizia
Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois		21 September 1819 Élysée Palace, Paris daughter of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry and Caroline Ferdinande Louise of Two Sicilies	Charles III, Duke of Parma 1849 4 children	1 February 1864 Kostanjevica Monastery, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Robert I, Duke of Parma 1883–1907		9 July 1848 Florence son of Charles III, Duke of Parma and Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois	Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies 1869 12 children Maria Antonia of Portugal 1884 12 children	16 November 1907 Viareggio aged 63
Henry, Duke of Parma 1907–1939		13 June 1873 Wartegg son of Robert I, Duke of Parma and Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies	never married	16 November 1939 Pianore aged 66
Joseph, Duke of Parma 1939–1950		30 June 1875 Biarritz son of Robert I, Duke of Parma and Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies	never married	7 January 1950 Pianore aged 75
Elias, Duke of Parma 1950–1959		23 July 1880 Biarritz son of Robert I, Duke of Parma and Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies	Maria Anna of Austria 25 May 1903 Vienna 8 children	27 June 1959 Friedberg aged 79
Robert II, Duke of Parma 1959–1974		7 August 1909 Weilburg son of Elias, Duke of Parma and Maria Anna of Austria	never married	25 November 1974 Vienna aged 65
Elisabetta of Bourbon-Parma 1974–1983		17 March 1904 Vienna daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma and Maria Anna of Austria	never married	13 June 1983 Bad Ischl aged 79
Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria 1983–2017		13 November 1917 Vienna daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma and Maria Anna of Austria	Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria 30 November 1901 3 children	28 March 2017 Madrid aged 99
Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria 2017-present		16 October 1968 Madrid son of Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria and Anne of Orléans	Sofía Landaluce y Melgarejo 30 March 2001 7 children		-

Descendants of Henrietta Maria of France

Name of descendant	Portrait	Birth and parents	Marriages and issue	Death	Miscellaneous
Charles II of England 1669–1685		29 May 1630, son of Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France	Catherine of Braganza No issue 8 illegitimate children	6 February 1685	He is an ancestor of, among others, Diana, Princess of Wales, Sarah, Duchess of York, Spencer Perceval, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Anthony Eden, Eleanor Calvert, Mitford sisters and Samantha Cameron
James II of England 1685–1701		14 October 1633 St. James's Palace son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France	Anne Hyde 3 September 1660 8 children Mary of Modena 21 November 1673 7 children	16 September 1701 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye aged 67
James Francis Edward Stuart 1701–1766		10 June 1688 St. James's Palace son of James II of England and Mary of Modena	Clementina Sobieska 3 September 1719 2 children	1 January 1766 Palazzo Muti aged 77
Charles Edward Stuart 1766–1788		31 December 1720 Palazzo Muti son of James Francis Edward Stuart and Clementina Sobieski	Louise of Stolberg-Gedern No issue 1 illegitimate child	31 January 1788 Palazzo Muti aged 67
Henry Benedict Stuart 1788–1807		11 March 1725 Rome son of James Francis Edward Stuart and Clementina Sobieski	never married	13 July 1807 Frascati aged 82
Henrietta Anne of England		16 June or 26 June 1644, daughter of Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France	Philippe I, Duke of Orléans 2 children	30 June 1670	Her descendants include King Juan Carlos I of Spain, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Franz, Duke of Bavaria, Infanta Alicia of Spain and Prince Alexander of Saxe-Gessaphe, among many others. After the extinction of the House of Stuart with the death of Henry Benedict Stuart, the rights of succession to the British Throne and the title of heir-general to Charles I of England passed to her descendants
Anne Marie d'Orléans		27 August 1669 Château de Saint-Cloud daughter of Princess Henrietta of England and Philippe of France, Duke of Orléans	Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia 10 April 1684 6 children	26 August 1728 Turin aged 58
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia		27 April 1701, son of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia and Anne Marie d'Orléans	Countess Palatine Anne Christine of Sulzbach 1 child Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg 6 children Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine 3 children	20 February 1773
Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia		26 June 1726, son of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia and Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg	Maria Antonietta of Spain 12 children	16 October 1796
Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia 1807–1819		24 May 1751, son of Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonietta of Spain	Clotilde of France no children	6 October 1819
Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia 1819–1824		24 July 1759, son of Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonietta of Spain	Maria Teresa of Austria-Este 7 children	10 January 1824
Maria Beatrice of Savoy 1824–1840		6 December 1792, daughter of Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia and Maria Theresa of Austria-Este	Francis IV, Duke of Modena 4 children	15 September 1840
Francis V, Duke of Modena 1840–1875		1 June 1819, son of Maria Beatrice of Savoy and Francis IV of Modena	Maria Antonia of Austria Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria 1 child	20 November 1875
Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este		20 July 1821, son of Maria Beatrice of Savoy and Francis IV of Modena	Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria 1 child	15 December 1849
Maria Theresa of Austria-Este 1875–1919		2 July 1849, daughter of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria	Ludwig III of Bavaria 13 children	3 February 1919
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria 1919–1955		18 May 1869, son of Ludwig III of Bavaria and Maria Theresa of Austria-Este	Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria 5 children Princess Antonia of Luxembourg 6 children	2 August 1955
Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria 1955–1996		3 May 1905, son of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria and Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria	Countess Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan 4 children Countess Marie-Jenke Keglevich of Buzin no children	8 July 1996
Franz, Duke of Bavaria 1996–		14 July 1933, son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria and Countess Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan	never married