Duke of Berry

Arms of the Duke of Berry after 1376


The title of Duke of Berry (French: Duc de Berry) or Duchess of Berry (French: Duchesse de Berry) in the French nobility was frequently created for junior members of the French royal family. The Berry region now consists of the départements of Cher, Indre and parts of Vienne. The capital of Berry is Bourges.

List

Titled Coat of Arms Tenure Consort Issue(s)
House of Valois
John of Berry
(1340–1416)		 October 1360 15 June 1416 Joan of Armagnac (1360–1387)[1][2][3][4][5]
Joan II of Auveregne (1389–1416)[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]		 Childless
Dauphin John of Touraine
(1398–1417)		 15 June 1416 5 April 1417 Jacqueline of Hainaut[1][8][9][10][11] Childless
Dauphin Charles of Touraine
then Charles VII
(1403–1461)		 5 April 1417 22 July 1461 Marie of Anjou
Charles of Normandy
(1446–1472)		 22 July 1461 24 May 1472 Unmarried Childless
Francis of Valois
(1472–1473)		 24 May 1472 July 1473 Unmarried Childless
Margaret of Angoulême
(1492–1549)		 1517 21 December 1549 Charles IV of Alençon (1509–1525)
King Henry II of Navarre (1526–1549)
Margaret of Valois
(1523–1574)		 29 April 1550 15 September 1574 Duke Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy
Francis of Anjou
(1555–1584)		 6 May 1576 10 June 1584 Unmarried Childless
House of Bourbon
Charles of France
(1686–1714)		 1 August 1686 5 May 1714 Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans[4][12][11][13]
  • Charles of Alençon
Louis-Auguste of Bourbon
then Louis XVI
(1754–1793)		 24 August 1754 20 December 1765 Marie Antoinette of Austria[8][9]
Charles of Artois
then Charles X
(1757–1836)		 20 December 1765 25 January 1778 Maria Theresa of Savoy[2][14]
Charles Ferdinand of Artois
(1778–1820)		 25 January 1778 14 February 1820 Caroline of Bourbon-Sicily
Prince Alphonse of Anjou
(2010–)		 29 May 2010 Incumbent Unmarried

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Also Countess of Poitiers.
  2. 1 2 3 Also Duchess of Auvergne.
  3. 1 2 Also Countess of Mâcon.
  4. 1 2 3 Also Duchess or Countess of Angoulême.
  5. 1 2 Also Countess of Saintonge.
  6. ↑ Also Countess of Étampes.
  7. ↑ Also Countess of Montpensier.
  8. 1 2 Also Dauphine of France.
  9. 1 2 Also Dauphine of Viennois, Countess of Valentinois and of Diois.
  10. ↑ Also Duchess of Touraine.
  11. 1 2 Also Countess of Ponthieu.
  12. ↑ Also Duchess of Alençon.
  13. ↑ Viscountess of Vernon, Andely and Gisors, Lady of the castellanies of Rignac and Merpins
  14. ↑ Also Countess of Artois.
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