ORLEANS

Helene Louise Elisabeth , Duche of (youngest dau. of Frederic Louis, grand duke of Meck len burgh Schwerin, d. 1816). b. Ludwigslust castle 24 Jany. 1814; m. at palace of Fontainebleau, France 30 May 1837 Ferdinand, duke of Orleans, prince royal of France, eld. son of Louis Philippe, king of the French, the duke was killed by a fall from his carriage 13 July 1842; she escaped to Belgium at outbreak of French revolution Feb. 1848; resided chiefly in Germany 1848–57, but was very frequently in England; lived at Cam bourne house, Mr. William Paynter’s villa, Richmond, Surrey 1857–8. d. Cam bourne house, Richmond 18 May 1858. H. Castille’s Portraits politiques , La duche d’Orleans (1856); The duche of Orleans , a translation by Mrs. Austin (1859); I.L.N. 23 July 1842 pp. 168–9, 29 May 1858 p. 544 portrait ; G.M. June 1858 p. 668.