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On 8 December 2004, he received the title duc d ' Anjou ( Duke of Anjou in English ) from his uncle Henri, Count of Paris and Duke of France, head of the House of Orléans, with the agreement of HM King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

There is some controversy in the use of this title by an Orléans prince.

It had traditionally been borne by or associated with the heads of the branch of the House of Bourbon which reigns in Spain, in their capacity as Legitimist pretenders to the French throne since 1883 — in rivalry to the claim asserted by the House of Orléans.

In that year Henri, comte de Chambord, last patrilineal descendant of Louis XV, died childless.

The Legitimist legacy was claimed by the next senior branch of the Bourbons, descended from a younger grandson of Louis XIV, Philippe, Duke of Anjou.

Although Philippe ceased use of the Anjou title upon becoming King Philip V of Spain in 1700, and renounced his succession rights to the French throne in exchange for retention of his Spanish crown, some Legitimists maintained that neither of these acts was binding.

Therefore, they still uphold the senior agnatic descendant of Philippe d ' Anjou as rightful claimant to the French crown.

Although Philippe ceased use of the Anjou title upon becoming King Philip V of Spain in 1700, and renounced his succession rights to the French throne in exchange for retention of his Spanish crown.