Louis-Joseph, Dauphin of France

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House of Bourbon Henri IV Sister Catherine, duchesse de Lorraine Children Louis XIII Elisabeth, Queen of Spain Christine Marie, Duchess of Savoy Nicholas Henri, duc d'Orléans Gaston, duc d'Orléans Henriette-Marie, Queen of England Louis XIII Children Louis XIV Philippe, duc d'Orléans Louis XIV Children Louis, Dauphin Anne-Élisabeth Marie-Anne Marie-Therèse Philippe-Charles, duc d'Anjou Louis-François, duc d'Anjou Grandchildren Louis, Dauphin King Felipe V of Spain Charles, duc de Berry Great Grandchildren Louis, Dauphin Louis XV Louis XV Children Louise-Elisabeth, duchesse de Parme Madame Henriette Louis, Dauphin Madame 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, duchesse d'Angouleme Louis-Joseph, Dauphin Louis XVII Sophie-Beatrix Louis XVII Louis XVIII Charles X Children Louis XIX Charles, duc de Berry Grandchildren Henri V Louise, duchesse de Parme French monarchy, 843-1870 This box: view • talk • edit

Louis-Joseph Xavier Francois, Dauphin of France (October 22, 1781–June 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. As the eldest son of the king, he was a Fils de France.

A sweet-natured child, 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 (1785–1795), 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.

[edit] Ancestry

16. Louis, Dauphin of France (1682–1712)

8. Louis XV of France

17. Princess Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy

4. Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–65)

18. Stanislaus I Leszczynski of Poland

9. Maria Leszczynska

19. Katarzyna Opalinska

2. Louis XVI of France

20. Augustus II of Poland

10. Augustus III of Poland

21. Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

5. Duchess Marie-Josèphe of Saxony

22. Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor

11. Maria Josepha of Austria

23. Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick

1. Louis-Joseph, Dauphin of France

24. Charles V, Duke of Lorraine

12. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine

25. Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria Queen Dowager of Poland-Lithuania

6. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

26. Philippe I, Duke of Orléans

13. Princess Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans

27. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Charlotte of Simmern

3. Maria Antonia of Austria (Marie Antoinette)

28. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor

14. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

29. Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg

7. Maria Theresa of Austria Queen of Hungary & Bohemia

30. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

15. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

31. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen

[edit] Son of Marie Antoinette

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

Louis-Joseph, Dauphin of France House of Bourbon Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty Born: 22 October 1781 Died: 4 June 1789
French royalty
Preceded by Louis XVI	Dauphin of France October 22, 1781 – June 4, 1789	Succeeded by Louis XVII