Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry

Charles Ferdinand d'Artois
Duke of Berry
1820 portrait of the Duke of Berry by François Gérard.
Born	(1778-01-24)24 January 1778 Palace of Versailles, France
Died	14 February 1820(1820-02-14) (aged 42) Paris, France
Spouse	Princess Maria Carolina of Naples (m
Issue	Louise, Duchess of Parma Henri, Count of Chambord
Full name
Charles Ferdinand d'Artois
House	Bourbons of France
Father	Charles X of France
Mother	Princess Maria Theresa of Savoy
Signature
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry, Grandson of France (24 January 1778 – 14 February 1820) was the third child and youngest son o the future King of France, Charles X, and his wife, Maria Theresa of Savoy. He was assassinated at the Paris Opera in 1820 by Louis Pierre Louvel, and anti-royal Bonapartist. In June 1832, two years after the overthrow o his father, Charles X, his widow, Princess Marie Caroline, led a royalist insurrection in the Vendée in a failed attempt to restore their son, the Count of Chambord, to the French throne.

Marriage

The Duke of Berry married Princess Maria Carolina of Naples on 24 April 1816 in Naples. She was a daughter of Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria and Francis I of the Two Sicilies (himself a nephew of Marie Antoinette.

Issue

1. Louise Élisabeth d'Artois (13 July 1817 – 14 July 1817)
2. Louis d'Artois (born and died 13 September 1818)
3. Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois (21 September 1819 – 1 February 1864) married Charles III of Parma and had issue.
4. Henri d'Artois, Duke of Bordeaux and Count of Chambord (29 September 1820 – 24 August 1883) mairit Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este but had no issue.

Titles and styles

• 24 January 1778 — 26 March 1815 His Royal Highness Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry, Grandson of France.
• 26 March 1815 — 14 February 1820 His Royal Highness Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry, Son of France.