French royals....are there any descendants still living today?

Question

Are there any descendants still living today- not just from Marie's side, but just the entire family...

Answer 1

Yes, only a "pretender" King. A pretender is a claimant to an abolished throne or to a throne already occupied by somebody else. The English word pretend comes from the French word prétendre, meaning "to put forward, to profess or claim". The term pretender is also applied to those persons on whose behalf a claim to a throne is advanced, regardless of whether that person himself actually makes an active claim.

There are currently three "pretenders" to the French throne.

1. Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou (born in 1974) is considered to be the head of the French Royal House by legitimists who consider the renunciation of Philip V of Spain as invalid. They call him Prince Louis de Bourbon, and accord him the title duc d'Anjou (Duke of Anjou). As king, he would be Louis XX of France.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Alpho...

2. Prince Henri Philippe Pierre Marie d'Orléans, comte de Paris, duc de France (born June 14, 1933) is a claimant to the French throne. If he were king, he would be Henry VII. For the Orléanists, he is the heir of Louis-Philippe, King of the French; for unionists, the heir of Henri, comte de Chambord, and so of Charles X, King of France. He is also the 76th in the Legitimist line of succession to the French throne.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri,_comt...

3. Napoléon VII, Prince Imperial (Charles Marie Jérôme Victor Napoléon) (born 19 October 1950) is a French politician, and claims to be the current head of the Imperial House of France as male heir to the rights and legacy established by his great-great-grand-uncle, Emperor Napoléon I.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Nap...

Note: As a "pretender" King they are only recognized as heads of the "French Royal House" or a certain branch, however, they are not recognized nationwide, or do they have "authorized power" granted by the French government as in a constitutional monarchy.

Answer 2

Im sure there are . French Monarchs married off their daugters, and a lot of the time it was to the German duchies (in a part of the Condederation of the Rhine and the German Empire), so a lot of french royal decendants are also germans. And also, the bourbon family is still alive, and are pretenderst to france.

Answer 3

Yes, there are several branches of the family still around today and some are the ruling powers or married into other European nations.   The most notable of the surviving members is the Duke of Anjou, Louis Alphonse who is generally recognised by monarchists as Louis XX of France.

Answer 4

Yes. The Bourbons still are thriving. You can visit http://www.theroyalforums.com and see all of the French royals;they are royal in "private life" now since France is a republic,but the various families do care about royal precedence any way.