 In the latter case, "Henri, comte de Paris, duc de France", challenged the right of the Spanish-born pretender to use the title "Duke of Anjou".The French courts threw out his claim, arguing that the legal system had no jurisdiction over the matter.Port Louis-Philippe (Akaroa), the oldest French colony in the South Pacific and the oldest town in the Canterbury region of the New Zealand's South Island was named in honour of Louis Philippe who reigned as King of the French at the time the colony was established on 18 August 1840.