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== House of Bourbon (1686-1820)== In 1686, King [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] granted the title Duke of Berry to his third grandson [[Charles, Duke of Berry (1686–1714)|Charles]] who continued to use it as his primary title until his death in 1714, despite never gaining the appanage of Berry.<ref>See the Letters patent: ''Louis, par la grâce de Dieu, roy de France et de Navarre, à tous présens et à venir, SALUT. (…) Notre très-cher et très-amé petit-fils Charles, fils de France, a dignement répondu à nos espérance (…) Pour ces causes et autres à ce Nous mouvans, de l’avis de notre conseil, Nous avons donné, octroyé et délaissé, et par ces présentes signées de notre main, donnons, octroyons et delaissons à notredit petit-fils Charles, fils de France, et à ses enfans mâles descendans de lui en loyal mariage, pour leur appanage et entretenement, selon la nature des appanages de la Maison de France et les lois de notre royaume, les duchés d’Alençon et d’Angoulême, le comté de Ponthieu et les châtellenies de Coignac et de Merpins, réunis à notre couronne par le décès de notre cousine Elisabeth d’Orléans, duchesse de Guise, ensemble les terres et seigneuries de Noyelles, Hiermont, Coutteville et le Mesnil, par Nous acquises par contrat passé entre les commissaires par Nous nommez, et Marie d’Orléans, duchesse de Nemours, le 16 Decembre 1706, en échange de la baronie, terre et seigneuries de Parthenay (…).''</ref> In 1754, King [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]] styled his newborn grandson [[Louis XVI of France|Louis-Auguste]] as Duke of Berry until his ascension as [[Dauphin of France]] in 1765, after his father's death. In 1778, King [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]] re-established the Duchy of Berry as an appanage for his newborn nephew, [[Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry|Charles Ferdinand of Artois]], who was killed in 1820 by Louis Pierre Louvel, a Bonapartist. {| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.4em; text-align:center" |- ! colspan=2 | Duke ! Birth ! Tenure ! Death ! Marriage(s)<br/>Issue |- ! style="font-weight:normal" | [[File:Arms of Charles de Berry.svg|50px]]<br/>'''[[Charles, Duke of Berry (1686–1714)|Charles of France]]'''<hr/>''Other titles''<br/>{{collapsible list|[[Duke of Angoulême]]|[[Duke of Alençon]]|[[Count of Ponthieu]]}} ! style="font-weight:normal" | [[File:Vivien - Charles of France, Duke of Berry - Louvre.png|120px]] | 31 July 1686<br/>[[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]]<hr/>Son of [[Louis, Grand Dauphin|Louis, Dauphin of France]]<br/>and [[Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria|Maria Anna of Bavaria]] | 31 July 1686<br/>{{ndash}}<br/>5 May 1714 | 5 May 1714<br/>[[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]]<hr/>Died in hunting accident<br/>(aged 27) | [[Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans|Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans]]<br/>({{tooltip|m.|married}} 1710; {{tooltip|wid.|widowed}} 1714)<br/>{{small|Childless}} |- ! style="font-weight:normal" | [[File:Arms of Charles de Berry.svg|50px]]<br/>'''[[Louis XVI of France|Louis-Auguste of France<br/>{{small|(then Louis XVI)}}]]''' ! style="font-weight:normal" | [[File:Roslin Louis XVI of France.jpg|120px]] | 23 August 1754<br/>[[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]]<hr/>Son of [[Louis, Dauphin of France (son of Louis XV)|Louis, Dauphin of France]]<br/>and [[Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France|Maria Josepha of Saxony]] | 23 August 1754<br/>{{ndash}}<br/>20 December 1765<br/>''(Became [[Dauphin of France|Dauphin]])'' | 21 January 1793<br/>[[Place de la Révolution]], Paris<hr/>[[Execution of Louis XVI|Executed for treason]]<br/>(aged 38) | [[Marie Antoinette of Austria]]<br/>({{tooltip|m.|married}} 1770; {{tooltip|wid.|widowed}} 1793)<br/>{{small|4 children}} |- ! style="font-weight:normal" | [[File:Arms of Charles dArtois.svg|50px]]<br/>'''[[Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry|Charles Ferdinand of Artois]]''' ! style="font-weight:normal" | [[File:Danloux - Charles Ferdinand d'Artois (1778-1820), duc de Berry.jpg|120px]] | 24 January 1778<br/>[[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]]<hr/>Son of [[Charles X of France|Charles of Artois]]<br/>and [[Maria Theresa of Savoy]] | 24 January 1778<br/>{{ndash}}<br/>14 February 1820 | 14 February 1820<br/>Outside [[Paris Opera]]<hr/>Murdered by [[Louis Pierre Louvel]]<br/>(aged 42) | [[Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry|Marie-Caroline of Sicily]]<br/>({{tooltip|m.|married}} 1816; {{tooltip|wid.|widowed}} 1820)<br/>{{small|2 children}} |}
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