| Charles Ferdinand | |||||
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| Born | (1778-01-24)24 January 1778 Palace of Versailles,France | ||||
| Died | 14 February 1820(1820-02-14) (aged 42) Paris,France | ||||
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| Issue Detail | Louise, Duchess of Parma Henri, Count of Chambord Charlotte, comtesse d'Issoudun (illegitimate) | ||||
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| House | Bourbon | ||||
| Father | Charles, Count of Artois (later Charles X) | ||||
| Mother | Maria Theresa of Savoy | ||||
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Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry (24 January 1778 – 14 February 1820), was the third child and younger son of Charles, Count of Artois (later KingCharles X of France), andMaria Theresa of Savoy. In 1820 he was assassinated at theParis Opera byLouis Pierre Louvel, aBonapartist. In June 1832, two years after the overthrow of Charles X, an unsuccessful royalist insurrection in theVendée was led by Charles Ferdinand's widow,Marie-Caroline, in an attempt to restore their sonHenri, Comte de Chambord, to the French throne.
Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry, was born atVersailles. As a son of afils de France not beingheir apparent, he was himself only apetit-fils de France, and thus bore his father'sappanage title as surname inemigration. However, during theRestoration, as his father washeir presumptive to the crown, he was allowed the higher rank of afils de France (used in his marriage contract, his death certificate, etc.). His maternal grandparents wereVictor Amadeus III of Sardinia andMaria Antonietta of Spain. She was the youngest daughter ofPhilip V of Spain andElisabeth Farnese. Since he was already dead when his father became king, he and his surviving daughter always had "Artois" as surname.
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At the start of theFrench Revolution he left France with his father, thenCount of Artois, and served in the counter-revolutionaryArmy of Condé of his cousin,Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, from 1792 to 1797. As a member of Conde's emigre army, he fought in theRhine Campaign of 1796, and achieved particular distinction at theBattle of Emmendingen and theBattle 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. TheEncyclopædia 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, andLouis XVIII named him commander-in-chief of the army atParis on the return ofNapoleon fromElba. He was, however, unable to retain the loyalty of his troops, and retired toGhent during theHundred Days war. On 17 June 1816, following negotiations by the French ambassador, theDuke of Blacas, he marriedPrincess Maria-Carolina of Naples (1798–1870), oldest daughter of thenhereditary Prince Francis of Naples.[2]
Three children were born before the duke's death, with one surviving infancy. His daughter,Louise d'Artois, born in 1819, marriedCharles III of Parma.[4]
On 13 February 1820, the Duke of Berry was stabbed and mortally wounded when leaving theopera house in Paris with his wife, and died the next day. The assassin was a saddle maker namedLouis Pierre Louvel, aBonapartist opposed to the monarchy. Seven months after his death, the Duke's wife gave birth to their fourth child, Henri, who received the title of Duke of Bordeaux, but is better known in history as theCount of Chambord,[5][6] and who in the view ofLegitimists, was (from 1844 to 1883) King of France, as Henry V. His grandsonAthanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie would later become a prominent military commander for France and other nations.
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:
In addition, the Duke had several illegitimate offspring:
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.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Berry, Charles Ferdinand".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 808–809.The first generation are the children ofHenri IV; these males held the rank ofSon of France orGrandson of France; | ||
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