was disputed by the Carlist descendants of the Bourbon kings of Spain, who argued that being descended directly from Louis XIV their claim was greater than that of the Orléanists'; however, this argument pointedly ignored Philip V of Spain's renunciation of his and his descendants' claim to the French throne pursuant to the Treaty of Utrecht. In 1886 the family was exiled again returning to the United Kingdom, where they first lived at Sheen House, near Richmond, where the young Rosa Lewis was a member of their household. In 1890 they moved to the much grander Stowe House, where he died in 1894. He was succeeded as claimant to the defunct French throne by his son Prince Philippe. Honours : Grand Cross of the Order of the White Falcon, 24 August 1856 : Knight of the Order of the Elephant, 22 October 1885 : Grand Cross of the Sash of the Two Orders, 22 May 1886 Ancestry Bibliography Flers, Hyacinthe, marquis de. Le comte de Paris. Paris: Perrin, 1888. Hanson, Edward. "The Wandering Princess: Princess Hélène of France, Duchess of Aosta". Fonthill, 2017. See also Count of Paris References |- 1838 births 1894 deaths 19th-century French people French Roman Catholics Dukes of Montpensier Counts of Paris Orléanist pretenders to the French throne Union Army officers Burials at the Chapelle royale de Dreux Princes of France (Orléans) Heirs apparent who never acceded Fellows of the Royal Society 2 2 Child pretenders