Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria (Maria Dorothea Amelia; German: Maria Dorothea Amalie, Erzherzogin von Österreich; 14 June 1867 – 6 April 1932) was a member of the Hungarian line of the House of Habsburg and an Archduchess of Austria by birth. Through her marriage to Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Maria Dorothea was also a member of the House of Orléans. Philippe was the Orléanist claimant to the throne of France from 1894 to 1926 and known to Orléanist monarchists as "Philippe VIII of France." Thus, to Orléanist monarchists, Maria Dorothea was titular Queen of France from 1896 to 1926, and Dowager Queen of France until her death in 1932.

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Archduchess Maria Dorothea
Duchess of Orléans
Consort of the Orléanist pretender
Pretendence	5 November 1896 – 28 March 1926
Born	(1867-06-14)14 June 1867 Alcsút, Austria-Hungary
Died	6 April 1932(1932-04-06) (aged 64) Alcsút, Kingdom of Hungary
Burial	Habsburg Castle chapel's crypt
Spouse	Philippe, Duke of Orléans
Names German: Maria Dorothea Amalie French: Marie Dorothée Amélie
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Joseph Karl, Palatine of Hungary
Mother	Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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Maria Dorothea was the second-eldest daughter and child of Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria and his wife Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Through her father Joseph Karl, Maria Dorothea was the great-granddaughter of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor. Through her mother, she was the great-granddaughter of Louis Philippe I.

Maria Dorothea married her second cousin, Philippe, Duke of Orléans, eldest son of Philippe, Count of Paris and his wife Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, on 5 November 1896 in Vienna.

After several years of marriage, the couple's marriage deteriorated and Maria Dorothea began to spend more and more time each year at her family's estate, Alcsút Palace. Nevertheless, in 1906, Philippe attempted to reconnect with his wife and went to Alcsút to convince her to settle with him at the Manoir d'Anjou near Brussels. Maria Dorothea resisted the living arrangement and remained at Alcsút.