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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Duke d'Alencon buried today

July 7, 1910

The Duke d'Alencon was buried today next to his wife in the Orleans chapel at Dreux. The Duchess was burned to death in the Paris Charity Bazaar fire of 1897.
The New York Times reports that the King of Bulgaria attended the funeral. and representatives from the royal houses of Spain, Portugal and Belgium, were also present. The Duke d'Alencon, a grandson of Louis Philippe, was born in 1844.

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