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ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 284 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ORC-PAI
ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE of (1867-1901), eldest son of Robert, duke of Chartres, was born at Ham, near Richmond, Surrey, on the 16th of October 1867. In 1889, at the instance of his father, who paid the expenses of the tour, he undertook, in company with MM. Bonvalot and Dedecken, a journey through
Siberia
  to Siam. In the course of their travels they crossed the
mountain
  range of Tibet, and the fruits of their observations, submitted to the Geographical Society of Paris (and later incorporated in De Paris au Tonkin a travers le Tibet inconnu, published in 1892), brought them conjointly the gold
medal
  of that society. In 1892 the prince made a short journey of exploration in
East
  Africa, and shortly afterwards visited Madagascar, proceeding thence to Tongking. From this point he set out for Assam, and was successful in discovering the sources of the river
Irrawaddy
 , a brilliant geographical achievement which secured the
medal
  of the Geographical Society of Paris and the
cross
  of the Legion of Honour. In 1897 he revisited Abyssinia, and political differences arising from this trip led to a duel with the comte de
Turin
 , in which both combatants were wounded. While on a trip to Assam in 1901 he died at
Saigon
  on the 9th of August. Prince Henri was a somewhat violent Anglophobe, and his diatribes against
Great
  Britain contrasted rather curiously with the cordial reception which his position as a traveller obtained for him in London, where he was given the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society.


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