JOINVILLE, PRANcOIS FERDINAND PHILIPPE LOUIS MARIE D'ORLEANS, Prince de, the third son of Louis Philippe, king of the French; b. Neuilly, 1818; began his naval studies soon after his father's accession in 1830, went to sea at the age of thirteen as pupil' on board the frigate Artemise; received a liberal education in the colleges of France, and thenceforth devoted himself with zeal to his profession. In 1838 he received command of the corvette Creole, and joining the fleet of admiral Bandin, took a prominent part in the bombardment of St. Juan d'Ulloa and Vera Cruz, was the first to enter the gates of the city under a heavy fire, and was from death by the devotion of his officers..
In this attack be captured the Mexican general Arista, for which he received the cross of the legion of honor, and was made captain. In 1840 he was sent by the king to St. Helena in command of the frigate La Belle Poule, to bring to France the body of the emperor Napoleon. Returning from a visit to the United States he went to Rio de .Janeiro, and iu 1843 married Donna Francisea de Bragauza, sister of Dom Pedro II. In the same year he was made rear-admiral, and took part in the sittings of the admiralty •board, greatly assisting in solving the question of adapting steam to vessels of war, and the necessity of taking measures to effect it. In 1844, war breaking out between France and Morocco, he commanded the squadron that bombarded Tangiers and took Mugador. For his gallantry he was raised to the rank of vice-admiral. When the revolution of 1848 broke out and overthrew the constitutional monarchy, the prince de Joinville was in Algiers with his brother due d'Aumale. They immediately sailed for England, and joined Louis Philippe in his exile at Claremont. While the ship Ocean _Monarch, was burning off Southampton, Aug. 24, 1848, the prince distinguished himself
by aiding in the rescue of many of the passengers. In his seclusion lie devoted himself to the education of his children, the colonization of his estates in-Brazil, and writing for the press. In 1844 he had commenced in the Revue des Deux Mondes a series of articles on the French navy, one of which appearing in 1865 was a comparative review of the fleets of the United States and France, and excited much attention. In 1852 his estate in France was confiscated by Louis Napoleon. About twelve months after the war of •the rebellion broke out he visited the United States with his two nephews, the count de Paris and the duke de Chartres. The nephews joined the staff of gen. McClellan, taking active part in the Chickahominy campaign. At the battle of Gaines Hill especially they showed great courage. Gen. McClellan highly appreciated the military experience and sound judgment of the prince. Returning to England in 1862 he published an account of those events iu a well-written article in the Revue des Deux Mondes. After the downfall of the empire in 1870 he returned with the other Orleanist princes. They. 'were ordered to depart at once, but the prince, under an assumed name, took part in the campaign of the army of the Loire. His arrest was ordered by Gambetta, minister of war, and the police escorted him to a vessel to take him back to England. In 1871 the edict of banishment was abrogated by the French assembly, and he and his brother, due d'Aumale, took their seats in the national assembly, Dec. 19, 1871. Among his articles in the Revue des Deux .Mondes are Note sur l'Etat des Forces Navales de la France; Etude sur 1 'Escadre de la Mediterranee; La Guerre de Chine; La Guerre d'Amerique Cam Tagne du Potomac.