The Duke of Braganza has recently given an interview to the French periodical “L’Incorrecte,” partly excerpted on the Orleanist blog page below, in which he seems to endorse the Orleans claim while expressing his "personal sympathy" for Louis Alphonse:
https://www.la-couronne.org/le-monde-la-royaute/dom-duarte-de-bragance-le-prince-jean-est-reconnu-par-toutes-les-familles-royales-europeennes/?fbclid=IwAR28DOcuW9Ate9UqBUEOzVU-sz7PYgqjaPSSDCgb9dEeeHAZB8ZcxM3PcL0
Any thoughts on this? I had read previously that the Duke of Braganza recognized Louis Alphonse's title as Duke of Anjou, but this is the first definitive statement I've seen from him (or any living head of a European royal family, for that matter) on the French succession.
The current situation is not much different from immediately after the 1830 Revolution. With the exception of the Duke of Modena, every reigning sovereign recognised Louis-Philippe, duc d'Orléans, as king of the French. This was in spite of the fact that Henri V was the grandson of the abdicating Charles X, while Louis-Philippe was a distant cousin.
There can be many different reasons for recognition. As the Duke of Braganza points out, sometimes this can be affected even by personal opinions about a claimant.
It should be remembered that when Alphonse, duc d'Anjou, was made a Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Constantinian Order by the genealogically senior Two Sicilies line, it was with the title duc d'Anjou.
Similary when Louis, duc d'Anjou, was made a Bailiff of Honour and Devotion of the Order of Malta, it was with the title duc d'Anjou.
The reality is that both Louis de Bourbon and Jean d'Orléans are well-liked and well-respected by other members of the Gotha. Such a situation may be a first in the history of the legitimist-orleanist dispute.
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