Charles de Bourbon, Duc de Berry

House of Bourbon Henri IV Sister Catherine of Navarre, Duchess of Lorraine Children Louis XIII Elisabeth, Queen of Spain Christine Marie, Duchess of Savoy Nicholas Henri Gaston, Duke of Orléans Henriette-Marie, Queen of England and Scotland Louis XIII Children Louis XIV Philippe, Duke of Orléans Louis XIV Children Louis, Dauphin Marie-Anne Marie-Therèse Philippe-Charles, Duc d'Anjou Louis-François, Duc d'Anjou Grandchildren Louis, Dauphin King Felipe V of Spain Charles, Duke of Berry Great Grandchildren Louis, Dauphin Louis XV Louis XV Children Louise-Elisabeth, Duchess of Parma Madame Henriette Louis, Dauphin Madame Marie Adélaïde Madame Victoire Madame Sophie Madame Louise Grandchildren Marie Clotilde, Queen of Sardinia Louis XVI Louis XVIII Charles X Madame Élisabeth Louis XVI Children Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, Duchess of Angouleme Louis-Joseph, Dauphin Louis XVII Sophie-Beatrix Louis XVII Louis XVIII Charles X Children Louis XIX Charles, Duke of Berry Grandchildren Henri V Louise, Duchess of Parma French monarchy, 843-1870 House of Capet · House of Valois House of Bourbon · House of Bonaparte House of Orléans This box:  •  • edit

Charles de France (31 July 1686 – 5 May 1714) was Duke of Berry from birth. He was the youngest son of Louis, le Grand Dauphin and Maria Anna of Bavaria, and therefore a grandson of Louis XIV of France. He married Marie Louise Elisabeth d'Orléans (20 August 1695 – 21 July 1719) on 6 July 1710. She was the daughter of Philip II, Duke of Orléans, future Regent of France. The marriage was unhappy and after a miscarriage during Marie Louise Elisabeth's first pregnancy, she never gave birth to a child that lived for more than a day. Following the death of his eldest brother, the Dauphin Louis, duc de Bourgogne in 1712, it appeared likely that Berry would be a future regent of France, in light of the advancing years of Louis XIV, and the youth of his nephew, the future Louis XV. Accordingly, Berry, who until then had been largely untutored in the ways of statecraft, began to attend the councils of state, in preparation for this role. Berry, however, died from internal injuries sustained in a hunting accident in May 1714, leaving his grandfather with the choice of devolving the regency upon his legitimate nephew, Orléans, or his illegitimate son, Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Duc du Maine. In 1714 he also became Duke of Alençon and Angoulême, but he continued to use the title of Berry. He was also Count of Ponthieu.

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• Mitford, Nancy, The Sun King