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{{Short description|Title in the French peerage}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox nobility title | name = Dukedom of Berry | image = [[File:Arms of Charles de Berry.svg|110px|]] | caption = Arms of Berry after 1376 | creation_date = October 1360 | monarch = [[John II of France]] | peerage = [[Peerage of France]] | first_holder = [[John, Duke of Berry|John of Berry]] | last_holder = [[Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry|Charles Ferdinand of Artois]] | status = Alive | extinction_date = 14 February 1820 }} '''Duke of Berry''' ({{langx|fr|Duc de Berry}}) or '''Duchess of Berry''' ({{langx|fr|Duchesse de Berry}}) was a title in the [[Peerage of France]]. The [[Berry, France|Duchy of Berry]], centred on [[Bourges]], was originally created as an [[appanage]] for junior members of the [[House of France|French royal family]] and was frequently granted to female royals. The style "Duke of Berry" was later granted by several [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] monarchs to their grandsons. The last official Duke of Berry was [[Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry|Charles Ferdinand of Artois]], son of [[Charles X of France|Charles X]]. The title Duke of Berry is currently being claimed through its usage as a courtesy title by Prince Alphonse de Bourbon, son of [[Louis Alphonse de Bourbon|Prince Louis, Duke of Anjou]], the [[Legitimists|Legitimist]] claimant to the French Throne.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}
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