Is there a living hier the french throne?

Answer 1

There are three. The Spanish diplomatist Prince Alfonso de Bourbon, Duke of Anjou and Cadiz, is the direct successor of Charles X, who succeeded Louis XVIII and was then dethroned by the revolution of 1830. After 1830 France was ruled by Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, from another branch of the Royal Family. Hisnatural successor is Prince Henri d'Orleans, Comte de Paris. However, from 1904 to 1814 France was ruled bty an Emperor - Napoleon I - and from 1852 to his forced abdication in 1870 by Napoleon III. Prince Imperial Louis-Napoleon is the current claimant to the Imperial throne. Complicated enough? No? Well, let it be added that the last two are third cousins, both having Louis-Philippe I as their great-great-grandfather. In the past, this multiplicity of claimants has been France's best defence against a restoration of the Monarchy; on at least two occasions one or other of the Royal families might have been restored if some agreement could have been reached.