Prince Jean wants the title of Comte de Paris nothing all.
I the rules of the sucession of the french monarchy, the eldest son of the king is the heir even if he is handicaped.
France is no more a monarchy and the Comte de Paris has not a lot of duties but he is invited at the royal events and for Prince Jean, the title of Comte de Paris is a great title, more than Duc of Vendome. and of course it will be the Duc of Vendome who will be present to these events as tutor of the Comte fe Paris
In the history of France, there were a lot of regence times
The titulature in the Maison d'Orléans is pretty cryptic, to use an understatement. One would expect that the most prestigious title in that House (as long as France is no monarchy) is
Duc d'Orléans.
Louis XIV created the title for his younger brother Philippe and since then it has followed the generations:
1661
Philippe, 1st Duke of Orléans
(Brother of Louis XIV)
1701
Philippe, 2nd Duke of Orléans
(Only surviving son of the 1st Duke)
1723
Louis, 3rd Duke of Orléans
(Only son of the 2nd Duke)
1752
Louis-Philippe, 4th Duke of Orléans
(Only son of the 3th Duke)
1785
Louis Philippe, 5th Duke of Orléans
(Only son of the 4th Duke)
1793
Louis Philippe, 6th Duke of Orléans
(Eldest son of the 5th Duke)
Became King in 1830 and the title went to his eldest son
1830
Ferdinand-Philippe, 7th Duke of Orléans
(Eldest son of the 6th Duke)
1842-1850
The 7th Duke died before his father (whom became King Louis-Philippe, and remained so after his abdication).
1850
Philippe, 8th Duke of Orléans - "Comte de Paris"
(Eldest son of the 7th Duke)
Philippe was known as
Comte de Paris. After the death of his grandfather in 1850 he indeed became the new
Duc d'Orléans but preferred to continue the title
Comte de Paris.
1894
Philippe, 9th Duke of Orléans
(Eldest son of the 8th Duke)
1926
Jean, 10th Duke of Orléans
(Philippe -the 9th Duke- died without issue. His cousin and brother-in-law Jean, Duc de Guise, was the male primogeniture in the House of Orléans)
1940
Henri, 11th Duke of Orléans - "Comte de Paris"
(Eldest son of the 10th Duke)
Ah, the famous Henri Sr, the father of the present head of the House of Orléans. The man with whom all problems started. The man whom squandered the once dazzling family fortune. The man whom created a dysfunctional family. As we have seen, until him the title
Duc d'Orléans was always used by the male primogeniture in the House of Orléans. He himself started the mess with the titulature. He preferred the self-styled title "Comte de Paris" (as a homage to his maternal grandfather) instead of the title
Duc d'Orléans for the Head of the House of Orléans.
1960
Henri Sr decided to bestow the title
Duc d'Orléans to his second son François, in memoriam. So the eldest son (Henri Jr) was bypassed. This can be seen as a sort of emotional geste because of the death of his second son. But dead is dead, of course.
1969
Henri Sr decided to bestow the title
Duc d'Orléans to his third son, Jacques. (Nine years earlier he bestowed it on his second son). The eldest son (Henri Jr) was bypassed once again. Already in those years Henri Sr and Henri Jr were in conflict.
1999
Henri Sr died. His son Henri Jr became his successor as head of the House, despite attempts to bypass him in favour of his grandson François, with Jean as Regent. The title
Duc d'Orléans was already given to Henri Jr's younger brother Jacques. So Henri Jr is now known as "
Comte de Paris".
I hope that the title
Duc d'Orléans, which always followed the male primogeniture of the House since 1661 will return to the head of the family indeed. I hope Prince François, the eldest son of Henri Jr will become
Duc d'Orléans in the future (and then his brother Jean, and then his nephew Gaston, etc.).