Dauphine of France

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The dauphine of France (/ˈdɔːfiːn, dɔːˈfiːn/, also US: /ˈdoʊfiːn, doʊˈfiːn/, French: [dofin]) was the wife of the dauphin of France (the heir apparent to the French throne). The position was analogous to a crown princess (the wife of a crown prince and heir apparent to a throne).

List of dauphines of France

House of Valois

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Dauphine Ceased to be Dauphine Death Husband
Joan of Bourbon
[1][2][3]
 Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
(Bourbon) 		3 February 1338 8 April 1350 22 August 1350
husband became the Dauphin 		8 April 1364
became
Queen
 		6 February 1378 Charles, 1st Dauphin
Margaret of Burgundy
[1][4]
John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy
(Valois-Burgundy
) 		1393 31 August 1404 18 December 1415
husband's death 		2 February 1441
Louis, 6th Dauphin
Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut
[1][3][5][6][7] 		William II, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach) 		16 August 1401 6 August 1415 18 December 1415
husband became the Dauphin 		4 April 1417
husband's death 		8 October 1436
John, 7th Dauphin
Margaret Stewart of Scotland
[1]
Stewart
) 		25 December 1424 24 June 1436 16 August 1445
Louis, 9th Dauphin
Charlotte of Savoy
[1] 		Louis, Duke of Savoy
(Savoy) 		11 November 1443/5 14 February 1451 22 July 1461
became
Queen
 		1 December 1483
Catherine de' Medici
[1][8]
Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino
(Medici
) 		13 April 1519 28 October 1533 10 August 1536
husband became the Dauphin 		31 March 1547
became
Queen
 		5 January 1589 Henry, 16th Dauphin
Mary, Queen of Scots
[1]
Stewart
) 		8 December 1542 24 April 1558 10 July 1559
became
Queen
 		8 February 1587 Francis, 17th Dauphin

House of Bourbon

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Dauphine Ceased to be Dauphine Death Husband
Duchess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria
[1]
 Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach) 		28 November 1660 7 March 1680 20 April 1690 Louis,
"le Grand Dauphin", 20th Dauphin
Princess Marie Adélaïde of Savoy
[1][9]
Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
(Savoy
) 		6 December 1685 7 December 1697 14 April 1711
husband became the Dauphin 		12 February 1712
Louis,
"le Petit Dauphin", 21st Dauphin
Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain
[1]
 Philip V of Spain
(Bourbon) 		11 June 1726 23 February 1745 22 July 1746 Louis, 24th Dauphin
Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony
[1]
 Augustus III of Poland
(Wettin) 		4 November 1731 9 February 1747 20 December 1765
husband's death 		13 March 1767
Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria
[1][5] 		Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg-Lorraine) 		2 November 1755 16 May 1770 10 May 1774
became
Queen
 		16 October 1793
Louis Auguste, 25th Dauphin
Princess Marie Thérèse of France
[1][10]
Louis XVI of France
(Bourbon
) 		19 December 1778 10 June 1799 16 September 1824
husband became the Dauphin 		2 August 1830
became
Queen
 		19 October 1851 Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Also Dauphine of Viennois.
  2. ^ Also Duchess of Normandy.
  3. ^ a b Also Duchess of Touraine.
  4. Duchess of Guyenne
    .
  5. ^
    Duchess of Berry
    .
  6. Countess of Poitiers
    .
  7. ^ Also Countess of Ponthieu.
  8. Duchess of Brittany
    .
  9. Duchess of Burgundy
    .
  10. ^ Also Duchess of Angoulême.
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