
OTD: Sixty Years Since the Death of Prince François d’Orleans During Military Service in Algeria
Press coverage of the death of Prince François d’Orléans. On Tuesday, 11 October 1960, Prince François d’Orléans was killed in action at the Kabilye Mountains by members of the Algerian National Front. The prince, twenty-five and a second lieutenant in the Chasseurs Alpins, had returned from a leave in France just three weeks earlier. Upon…