Louis-Joseph, Dauphin of France

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Louis de France.Portrait by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun.
Louis de France.
Portrait by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun.
French Monarchy-
Capetian Dynasty,
House of Bourbon

Henry IV
Sister
   Catherine of Navarre, Duchess of Lorraine
Children
   Louis XIII
   Elisabeth, Queen of Spain
   Christine Marie, Duchess of Savoy
   Nicholas Henry
   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-Therese
   Philippe-Charles, Duc d'Anjou
   Louis-François, Duc d'Anjou
Grandchildren
   Louis, Dauphin
   King Philip 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
   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), Duke of Angoulême
   Charles, Duke of Berry
Grandchildren
   Henry (V), comte de Chambord
   Louise, Duchess of Parma

Louis-Joseph Xavier Francois, Dauphin of France (October 22, 1781June 4, 1789) was the second child and first son of King Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette of Austria. As the heir apparent to the French throne, he was called the Dauphin. A sweet-natured child, unlike Madame Royale, Louis-Joseph died at the age of seven of what was then known as "consumption" (tuberculosis). On his death the title of Dauphin passed to his younger brother Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy (17851795), who would survive his father and die in prison at the age of ten.

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is named for him (Louis-Joseph, Dauphin of France). The Pennsylvania legislature, meeting in Philadelphia in 1785, to thank France for helping America win her independence from Great Britain, named the newly formed county, "Dauphin", northwest of Lancaster and north of York, in which Harrisburg is located. "Dauphin" was the title of the heir to the French throne, much as the title "Prince of Wales" belongs to the heir to the British throne.

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History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Historical Commission, Harrisburg, PA


House of Bourbon
Cadet Branch of the Capetian dynasty
Born: 22 October 1781
Died: 4 June 1789
Preceded by
Louis-Auguste
Dauphin of France
22 October 17814 June 1789
Succeeded by
Louis-Charles
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