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Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres: French royal; grandson of Louis Philippe I.
Born in Paris (died at age 70).
Biography
Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, was the son of Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, and thus, a grandson of King Louis-Philippe of France. He fought for the Union in the American Civil War, and then for France in the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. In 1863, he married his cousin Princess Françoise of Orléans, the daughter of François, Prince of Joinville. In 1886, he was exiled from France.
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Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres was born in Paris.
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