House of Orléans question

OK minor question but one I think is important. I did some research on the various French Royal lines and came across something that confused me. The House of Valois had three distinct branches that ruled: the main Valois line, the Valois-Orléans line and the Valois-Angoulême line. Yet all were generally called the House of Valois. So in this spirit should the House of Orléans or more formally the Bourbon-Olréans be called the House of Bourbon instead?
 
The issue, I think, is more political: during the Revolution, Louis-Philippe d'Orléans ("Philippe Égalité") voted in favor of the execution of Louis XVI. Thereafter the Bourbons and Orléans wanted nothing to do with each other, with the former being traditionalists and the latter in favor of constitutional monarchy.
 
OK minor question but one I think is important. I did some research on the various French Royal lines and came across something that confused me. The House of Valois had three distinct branches that ruled: the main Valois line, the Valois-Orléans line and the Valois-Angoulême line. Yet all were generally called the House of Valois. So in this spirit should the House of Orléans or more formally the Bourbon-Olréans be called the House of Bourbon instead?

Are the Orleans more distantly related to the main-line Bourbons than the various Valois branches were to each other?

There's also the fact that they didn't succeed to the throne naturally, so there's discontinuity there, as well as the antipathy with the mainline Bourbons (and you probably don't want to tie your identity too closely to a house that's been deposed three times in 50 years, once by you).

Does it have anything to do with how the monarchs in question presented themselves (i.e. Did Louis Philippe stress a distinct identity as a ruler of the House of Orleans whilst Louis XII and Francis presented themselves as belonging to the House of Valois)?

But, if you want to get technical, then every king of France should be considered to belong to the House of Capet as all were legitimate agnatic descendants of Hugh, so...
 
I mean after 1883, when the Legitimist/Orleanist claims fused after the Comte de Chambord's death. The Orléans use traditional rights and titles now (ie the heir is the Dauphin and the pretenders use traditional styles like Philippe VII) so could they claim the Bourbon name?
 
Because regardless of who is King of France, Jean III (or Juan of Montizón) is still the senior Bourbon worldwide. For Philippe VII so be able to use the name all legitimate senior Bourbons would have die off. That said they may still use Orléans as the House of Orléans was established for quite sometime before the die off.
 
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