ORLÉANS, Thibaut (Louis Denis Humbert de Bourbon) d' 1948-1983

PERSONAL:

Born January 20, 1948, in Ranholas, Portugal; died March 23, 1983, in Bamangui, Central African Republic; son of Prince Henri Robert Ferdinand Marie Louis Philippe de Bourbon d'Orléans and Isabel Maria Amélia Luiza Vitoria Teresa Joana Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Alcantara de Orléans y Bragança (member of Brazilian royalty); married Marion Gordon-Orr, September 23, 1972; children: Prince Robert Benoit Paul Henri James Marie, Prince Louis-Philippe Albert François Marie (deceased).

CAREER:

Novelist. La Ferme des Vignettes (art gallery), Yvelines, France, director.

WRITINGS:

"LES PRINCES DU SANG" SERIES; ALL WITH WIFE, MARION D'ORLÉANS

Un château de Bavière (title means "A Castle in Bavaria"), Editions André Balland (Paris, France), 1973.

Le témps des aventuriers (title means "The Time of Adventurers"), Editions André Balland (Paris, France), 1973.

L'ombre de la guerre (title means "The Shadow of the War"), Editions André Balland (Paris, France), 1974.

Le sort des armes (title means "The Fate of the Arms"), Editions André Balland (Paris, France), 1974.

A Castle in Bavaria: A Novel (abridged and revised combination of Un Chateau de Bavière and Le Témps des aventuriers), translated by Helen Weaver, Simon and Schuster (New York, NY), 1975.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume I: Europe and Latin America, Burke's Peerage Ltd. (Stokesley, England), 1977.

PERIODICALS

Booklist, June 1, 1977, p. 1483.

Library Journal, April 15, 1977, p. 947.

Publishers Weekly, February 21, 1977, p. 66.*