The problem comes with what is meant by "recognition" - Most heads of royal houses do not want to get involved with other dynastic disputes since they may have their own issues to deal with. As Noel points out, the award of the highest rank in the Constantinian Order to the Infante Don Jaime as Duke of Anjou infuriated the then Ct of Paris who immediately came out in support of the junior line claimant and even forbade his daughter to marry Don Carlos, Duke of Calabria, unless he agreed to marry only as Prince Carlos de Bourbon. He then got his sons in law to support Ranieri. The Bourbon v. Orleans problem is something of a long-standing issue - the Count of Caserta (head of the Two Sicilies royal house from 1894-1934) had fought in the Carlist war and was a legitimist but in 1907 his 2nd son, Carlo, married for the 2nd time to an Orleans princess - one of their daughters married Prince Pedro-Gastao d'Orleans-Bragança whose sister had married the Count of Paris. Another daughter was the Countess of Barcelona and then the mother of the present Duke of Calabria is Princess Anne of Orleans. That in turn has meant that the former King and his father were inclined towards the Orleans side, whereas Alfonso XIII had been formally reconciled with the Duke of Madrid and accepted from him the Saint Esprit - effective recognition that he saw him as French claimant. So this all became immensely complicated and so at family gatherings those who may be sympathetic on the grounds of politics and family to one side may be so closely related to the other that nothing is done to disrupt the latter relationship. There are other cases within the family where despite close personal relations and friendship the theoretical, historical allegiances are opposing. As no-one really believes any of these dynasties will be restored, the family is therefore more important. But sometimes this is disrupted where, for example, one family member uses every occasion to try and push the concept that he is recognised and not his cousin. There were some absences from the funeral for that reason among even though the absent family members were much more closely related than the one who turned up, with his family. Equally, in some other cases there are intense personal dislikes between family members which have in turn motivated one member to support the rival claimant. In the case of Brazil, the Spanish are sympathetic to the senior primogeniture line because they are closely related and the late Countess of Paris was sympathetic to her brother whereas her husband in theory recognised the junior line.
But then I must correct Noel on one point - Jean de V has fallen out with most of his uncles and aunts, retaining his own lawyer, etc, in respect of a claim to part of the family inheritance.
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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