Prince Jean, Duke of Guise king of France as "Jean III". The title was disputed by members of the Spanish Anjou branch of the family, descended from Louis XIV of France. He died in Larache, Morocco, in 1940. He was succeeded as claimant to the French throne by his only son, Henri d' Orléans, Count of Paris. In 1899, he married his first cousin, Isabelle d'Orléans (1878–1961). She was the younger sister of Philip VIII, and the daughter of Philip VII and Marie Isabelle d'Orléans. They had four children: Prince Jean, Duke of Guise Prince Jean of Orléans, Duke of Guise (Jean Pierre Clément Marie;
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt. One of his younger sisters, Alexandra, would marry Tsar Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, while another sister, Victoria Mountbatten, would be the mother of Queen Louise of Sweden and of Princess Alice of Battenberg, who was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Ernest Louis grew up in a loving household, with parents who demonstrated their affection for their children, something not typical for that social stratum in those days. He grew much attached to his parents and siblings, and it was his misfortune that he was fated to witness several deaths among them during his