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Who could lead an Orleanist restoration in 1931?

The claimant discussion distinguishes the fall of Napoleon III in 1870 from the earlier end of the Orleans monarchy in 1848.

Notes

France's most recent monarchy ended with Napoleon III in 1870, about sixty-one years before the proposed restoration. The Orleans dynasty had last ruled in 1848, so the scenario requires a separate claimant. The discussion identifies Jean, Duke of Guise, who held the Orleanist claim from March 1926 until his death in August 1940. His son Henri was born in 1908, and a grandson Henri followed in 1933, giving the proposed restoration a line of succession. Having a claimant and heirs would still leave the question of French public support.