Wednesday, March 23, 2022

The Funeral of Madame the Dowager Countess of Paris

Photo (c) Ancien Ordre de L'Etoile et de Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel.

 

The funeral of Princess Micaëla d'Orléans, Dowager Countess of Paris, took place at the Église Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois on Tuesday, 22 March. The princess was the widow of Prince Henri d'Orléans, Count of Paris, who was Head of the Royal House of France from 1999 until his death in 2019. The couple civilly married in 1984 and religiously married in 2009. Princess Micaëla passed away on 13 March. 

Busts of the late Count and Countess of Paris in the church.
Photo (c) Ancien Ordre de L'Etoile et de Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel.

The funeral mass was attended by the son of the late princess, Monsieur Alexis Francis-Boeuf, as well as by Prince Michel and Princess Barbara d'Orléans, Count and Countess d'Évreux, Prince Charles-Louis and Princess Illéana d'Orléans, Duke and Duchess of Chartres, and by Princess Chantal d'Orléans and her husband François Xavier de Sambucy de Sorgue.

Photo (c) Ancien Ordre de L'Etoile et de Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel.

Archpriest Patrick Chauvet officiated over the funeral mass. 

 

Photo (c) Ancien Ordre de L'Etoile et de Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel.

May the Dowager Countess of Paris Rest in Peace.  

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