Comte de Paris, or Count of Paris is a title used by three claimants to the French throne:
Louis-Philippe, Comte de Paris (1838-1894): French orleanist monarchists referred to him as "Louis-Philippe II", and then later when Henri, comte de Chambord died, he was referred to as "Philippe VII" by almost all French monarchists
The title was given by Louis-Philippe I to his grandson Philippe, as show of gratitude towards the City of Paris and in reference to the early ancestors of the Capetians.
Since 1830, there had been high controversy amongst French royalists. One group, called legitimists, recognised the older branch of the family as heirs to the monarchy, while another group, the Orleanists, recognised Louis-Philippe and his heirs. In 1883, with the death of the Comte de Chambord, the older branch of the family died out. His genealogical heir was Juan, Conde de Montizon, but most legitimists recognised Philippe, Comte de Paris as heir to the Comte de Chambord, because Felipe V of Spain, ancestor of the Conde de Montizon, renounced his rights to the French throne. A minority group of royalists refused to recognise the validity of these renunciations. Nowadays, they recognise Don Luís Alfonso Gonzalo Victor Manuel Marco de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiú, or Louis-Alphonse, Duc d'Anjou as heir to the French throne.
Thus, the Comte de Paris is the Orleanist pretender to the French throne.
He was a son of Robert the Strong, count of Anjou, and is sometimes referred to as duke of France and also as count of Paris.
For his skill and bravery in resisting the attacks of the Normans at the Siege of Paris, Odo was chosen king by the western Franks when the emperor Charles the Fat was deposed in 887, and was crowned at Compiègne in February 888.
He continued to battle against the Normans, whom he defeated at Montfaucon and elsewhere, but was soon involved in a struggle with some powerful nobles, who supported the claim of Charles, afterwards King Charles III, to the Frankish kingdom.
A century later, Paris was the centre stage for the French Revolution, with the Storming of the Bastille in 1789 and the overthrow of the monarchy in 1792.
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