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It’s a Boy for the Duke & Duchess of Vendome!

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images/FILE

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images/FILE

The Duke and Duchess of Vendome – Prince Jean & Princess Philomena – welcomed into the world today a baby boy!

The little one is named Gaston, a name traditionally used by the House of Orleans. It is not known yet how much he weighs or how long he is.

Prince Gaston is the eighth grandchild of the Count of Paris, who is the head of the deposed French royal family. Since the little boy’s father is the heir, that makes Gaston a future heir to the House of Orleans.

The son’s parents married earlier this year – civilly in March, and religiously in May. This is their first child together.

French Royals Expecting Baby

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After a couple of weeks of speculation, it has been announced that Prince Jean and Princess Philomena d’Orleans are expecting their first child together. The baby is due later this year.

The news comes after the two members of the French royal house returned from their honeymoon in Spain. They were married on May 2nd in Senlis, France.

Prince Jean is the son of the Count of Paris, the current pretender to the French throne.

If this child is a boy, he would be third in line to the throne and as head of the House of Orleans.

Wedding of Prince Jean of France and Philomena de Tornos

Many of Europe’s royals turned out Saturday for the wedding of Prince Jean of France and Philomena de Tornos Steinhart at a cathedral in Senlis, France. jean-philomena

This was the couple’s religious wedding ceremony, as their civil one took place back in March.

The bride wore a gown designed by Christian Lacroix, and was given away by her father.

Prince Jean is the son of the Count of Paris and Duke of France, the claimant to the French throne. Jean himself was created Dauphin, or Crown Prince, in 2006.

Philomena is the daughter of Alfonso de Tornos, UN diplomat in Vienna, and Austrian Maria Antonieta von Steinhart. She is granddaughter of Juan de Tornos, personal assistant to Juan de Borbón – count of Barcelona and father of the current King of Spain.

After the wedding, the husband and wife plus the guests gathered at the Chateau de Chantilly for a reception.

Here is a list of those who attended the wedding:

Count of Paris and Princess Mickaela

Prince Charles-Phillippe and Diana d’Orléans

Prince Eudes and Marie-Liesse d’Orléans

Prince Charles and Camilla of Bourbon Sicily

Prince Guillaume and Sybilla of Luxemburg

Prince Laurent and Claire of Belgium

Prince Philippe and Mathilde of Belgium

Princess Astrid and Lorenz of Belgium

Princess Teresa de Orléans e Bragança

Princess Beatrice and Clotilde d’Orléans with husband

Princess Adélaide d’Orléans and husband

Infanta Pilar of Spain

Duke and Duchess of Wurtemberg

Duke and Duchess of Bragança

Princess Chantal and Francois-Xavier Sambucy de Sorgue

Kildine de Sambucy de Sorgue

Prince Jacques D’Orleans and wife

Archduke Martin of Austria

To check out pictures of the guests click here