Royals of France?

Question

Is there a royal family of France? If so, can someone give me the name of the Castle they live in!??!?!!?!?!?!? For example, the royal family of England lives in Buckingham Palace.

I really want to know!!

Thnx!!

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Answer 1

The French rebelled. Unlike our Royal Family the French Royals treated them rather badly.

Answer 2

The Palace at Versaille, was residence for the French royalty, but there was a revolution, so there is no seated royalty for the French.

Answer 3

Actually, the British royal family spends relatively little time in

Buckingham Palace.  Windsor Castle is the primary royal

residence.

Answer 4

There used to be a French royalty.

The king was called a Dauphin.  You might want to research that name.

Answer 5

There are three French "royal" (I'll get to this in a second) families and all of them are no longer reigning.

The first is the House of Bourbon proper who represent the Legitimist claim to the French throne. The head of this line is Prince Louis Alphonse of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou and he is married with an infant daughter. To Legitimists (also known as the Spanish Whites), he is known as Louis XX of France. The Orléanists contend that this line is barred from the throne due to the Treaty of Utrecht.

The second is the House of Orléans who represent the Orléanist claim to the French thronje. They are a junior branch of the House of Bourbon and the head of this like is Prince Henri of Orléans, Count of Paris (who also uses the title Duke of France). He has a number of children and other close relatives. The House of Orléans has dozens of members who claim the title prince(ss) of France. To Orléanists, he is known as Henry VII of the French (this is the title that the first king of this line used) and to Unionists he is known as Henry VII of France and the French (uniting two claims). The Legitimists contend that his line usurped the throne and that the Treaty of Utrecht is invalid.

The third is not a royal line but an imperial line. Between the Bourbons and the Orléans at various points reigned the Bonapartes, first with Napoléon I, then by his son for a very brief period (Napoléon II, aka the King of Rome or "the Eaglet") and then during the Second Empire with Napoléon III.  Apparently a father and son are "rival" claimants to this thrones as the former's father willed the claim to his grandson (the latter) as this was apparently allowed during the empire.

The Bonapartes form the formerly reigning French Imperial Family. The Bourbons (Bourbon-proper and Orléans) have two rival lines representing the formerly reigning French Royal Family.

Members of these families, when reigning, lived in a number of different residences. Members of the House of Bourbon owned the Chateau of Chambord in exile until the turn of the century. Imperial and royal French rulers made use of Versailles, Fontainebleau, the Louvre, etc and various other palaces and castles during their reigns. In exile, however, few of them ever had access to these places, let alone permission to live in them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Alpho... Legitimist: Louis XX of France

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri,_comt... Orléanist: Henry VII of the French

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Nap... Bonapartist (father): Napoléon VII Charles of the French

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Christ... Bonapartist (son): Napoléon VII Christophe of the French

Articles on claims:

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

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

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

Answer 6

Unlike the British, the French had a revolution that ended their royal line. No country should live under a monarchy. There is no such thing a French royalty.

Answer 7

King Louis-Philippe I (House of Orleans) was the last king of France The Republic founded in 1868 ended his reign. Prince Henri is the present Head of the Royal House of Orleans (France). There are a few hundred people with royal titles in France. This does not entitle them to any place in the government. Most do not live in castles. Most work a common jobs. Some are quite poor.

Answer 8

i agree with Dr.Jiffy -Uber-Rodent-