Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry
Noble person
1778 – 1820
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Who was Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry?
Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry was the third child and youngest son of the future king, Charles X of France, and his wife, Princess Maria Theresa of Savoy. He was assassinated at the Paris Opera in 1820 by Louis Pierre Louvel, an anti-royal bonapartist. In June 1832, two years after the overthrow of his father, Charles X, his widow, Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchess de Berry, led a royalist insurrection in the Vendée in a failed attempt to restore their son to the French throne.
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- Born
- Jan 24, 1778
Versailles - Parents
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- France
- Died
- Feb 14, 1820
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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