Phillipe duc d'Orleans by Unknown

Prince Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans
24 August 1869 – 28 March 1926
lover of Nellie Melba

Prior to his imprisonment in France, Philippe had been unofficially engaged to his first-cousin Princess Marguerite of Orléans. The engagement was cancelled when Philippe's involvement with the Australian opera singer Nellie Melba was revealed. Although they had lived apart for some years, Melba was still married to Charles Nesbitt Armstrong. Armstrong filed for divorce from Melba on the grounds of adultery, naming Philippe as co-respondent; the case was eventually dropped.He was the Orléanist claimant to the throne of France from 1894 to 1926.