Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry

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Charles Ferdinand
Duke of Berry
Portrait by François Gérard, 1820
Born(1778-01-24)24 January 1778
Palace of Versailles, France
Died14 February 1820(1820-02-14) (aged 42)
Paris, France
Spouse
Marie Caroline of Naples and Sicily
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(m. 1816)​
Charlotte, comtesse d'Issoudun (illegitimate)
Names
Charles Ferdinand de Bourbon
HouseBourbon
FatherCharles X
MotherMaria Theresa of Savoy
SignatureCharles Ferdinand's signature

Charles Ferdinand d'Artois,

Henri, Comte de Chambord
to the French throne.

Biography

Sophie
, 1781.
Arms of the Duke of Berry showing the fleurs-de-lis of France and the red bordure embattled used by his father (as Count of Artois) before ascending the throne.

Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry, was born at

Maria Antonietta of Spain. She was the youngest daughter of Philip V of Spain and Elisabeth Farnese
. Since he was already dead when his father became king, he and his surviving daughter always had "Artois" as surname.

At the start of the

Rhine Campaign of 1796, and achieved particular distinction at the Battle of Emmendingen and the Battle of Schliengen.[1]
He afterwards joined the Russian army, and in 1801 took up his residence in England, where he remained for thirteen years. During that time he had a relationship with an Englishwoman, Amy Brown Freeman. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1911) described her as his wife,[2] but that is highly unlikely.[3]

In 1814, the duke set out for France. His frank, open manners gained him some favour with his countrymen, and

Princess Maria-Carolina of Naples (1798–1870), oldest daughter of then hereditary Prince Francis of Naples.[2]

Assassination of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, while departing a Parisian opera house at night.
Death of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, 13 february 1820.

Three children were born before the duke's death, with one surviving infancy. His daughter,

Charles III of Parma.[4]

On 13 February 1820, the Duke of Berry was stabbed and mortally wounded when leaving the

Count of Chambord,[5][6] and who in the view of Legitimists, was (from 1844 to 1883) King of France, as Henry V. His grandson Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie
would later become a prominent military commander for France and other nations.

Issue

With his wife, Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Sicily, the Duke of Berry had four children, of whom only two survived for more than a day:

  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, Duke of Parma
    .
  4. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este
    .

In addition to them, the Duke had several illegitimate offspring:

  • With Mary Bullhorn, a Scottish actress:
  1. Marie de la Boulaye (1807 – ?), married Henri-Louis Bérard. No issue.
  1. Charlotte Marie Augustine de Bourbon, comtesse d'Issoudun
    (13 July 1808 – 13 July 1886), married in 1823 to Ferdinand de Faucigny-Lucinge, Prince de Lucinge.
  2. Louise Marie Charlotte de Bourbon, comtesse de Vierzon (29 December 1809 – 26 December 1891), married in 1827 to Charles-Athanase de Charette, Baron de la Contrie. Her son
    military commander
    and became a general for France and other nations.
  • With Eugénie Virginie Oreille (1795 – 1875):
  1. Charles Louis Auguste Oreille de Carrière (4 March 1815 – 30 August 1858), married in 1846 to Elisabeth Jugan, with whom he had a son Charles, a lyric artist, married but without surviving issue.
  2. Ferdinand Oreille de Carrière (10 October 1820 – 27 December 1876), married in 1860 to Louise Eugénie Ancelle, with whom he had a daughter, Léonie, who married and left several children.[7]
  • With Marie Sophie de La Roche (1795 – 1883):[8]
  1. Ferdinand de La Roche (24 August 1817 – 24 December 1908), married in 1849 to Claudine Gabrielle Claire de Bachet de Méziriac. No issue.
  2. Charles de La Roche (30 March 1820 – 12 January 1901), married in 1840 to Julie Dolé, with whom he had four children.
  • With Louise Melanie Thiryfoq (? – 1887):[8]
  1. Louise Charlotte Antoinette Aglaé Thiryfoq (15 October 1819 – 25 May 1843), married in 1839 to Gaston du Charron, Comte du Portail.
  • With Lucie Cosnefroy de Saint-Ange (1797 – 1870):
  1. Alix Mélanie Cosnefroy de Saint-Ange (16 September 1820 – 11 June 1892).

Four of his children, the Count of Chambord, Ferdinand Oreille de Carrière, Charles de La Roche and Mélanie Cosnefroy de Saint-Ange, were born after his death.

Ancestors

Notes

  1. ^ The Annual Register: World Events 1796., p. 207. ProQuestrel, 1813. Accessed 4 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Chisholm 1911, p. 808.
  3. ^ Christophe Brun, Descendance inédite du duc de Berry: documents et commentaires, Paris 1998.
  4. ^ Chisholm 1911, pp. 808–809.
  5. ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 809.
  6. ISBN 978-0-7735-2457-6
    .
  7. ^ Daniel Manach and Michel Sementéry: La Descendance de Charles X, roi de France, ed. Christian, 1997.
  8. ^ a b C. Maubois: Descendance inédite du duc de Berry.

References

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