François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville
Admiral of the French Navy (1818-1900) · France · On the map · Died at 81
François d'Orléans, Prince de Joinville was the third son of Louis Philippe, King of the French, and his wife Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily. An admiral of the French Navy, François was famous for bringing the remains of Napoleon from Saint Helena to France, as well as a talented artist, with 35 known watercolours.
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Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1843
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François d'Orléans (second from right) with staff and dignitaries of General McClellan (center), during the American Civil War![François' representation of the 1830 Revolution, contrasting with Delacroix' famous depiction of the same event (Liberty Leading the People).[4]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Fran%C3%A7ois_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans_-_La_r%C3%A9volution_de_1830%2C_le_31_juillet.jpg/1280px-Fran%C3%A7ois_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans_-_La_r%C3%A9volution_de_1830%2C_le_31_juillet.jpg)
François' representation of the 1830 Revolution, contrasting with Delacroix' famous depiction of the same event (Liberty Leading the People).[4]
François painted his own expedition to recover the remnants of Napoleon from Saint Helena and take them back to Paris.
Watercolor by François d'Orléans, Torre Velha with Lisbon in the backgroundAwards
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He married Princess Francisca of Brazil, daughter of Emperor Pedro I and sister of Emperor Pedro II. The dowry received by François upon the marriage became the Brazilian city of Joinville.