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Louis, Dauphin of France (Louis Ferdinand; 4 September 1729 – 20 December 1765) was the elder and only surviving son of King Louis XV of France and his wife, Queen Marie Leszczyńska. As a son of the king, Louis was a fils de France. As heir apparent, he became Dauphin of France.
Louis, Dauphin of France (1 November 1661 – 14 April 1711), commonly known as le Grand Dauphin, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Louis XIV and his spouse, Maria Theresa of Spain. He became known as the Grand Dauphin after the birth of his own son, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, the Petit Dauphin.
Louis Joseph Xavier François (22 October 1781 – 4 June 1789) was Dauphin of France as the second child and first son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. As son of a king of France, he was a fils de France ("Child of France").
Louis De France (born Nov. 1, 1661—died April 14, 1711, Meudon, Fr.) was the son of Louis XIV and Marie-Thérèse of Austria. His death preceded his father’s, and the French crown went to his own grandson, Louis XV.
Louis, Grand Dauphin of France (1661-1711), was the eldest and only surviving son of Louis XIV and his first wife, Maria Theresa of Spain (1638-1683).
May 30, 2024 · Louis-Antoine de Bourbon, duke d’Angoulême (born Aug. 6, 1775, Versailles, France—died June 3, 1844, Gorizia, Venetia, Austrian Empire [now in Italy]) was the last dauphin of France and a prominent figure in the restoration of the Bourbon line after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814.
dauphin, title of the eldest son of a king of France, the heir apparent to the French crown, from 1350 to 1830. The title was established by the royal house of France through the purchase of lands known as the Dauphiné in 1349 by the future Charles V.
Born March 1785 as Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette’s second son and third child, Louis-Charles de France became the heir apparent and Dauphin of France when the eldest son, Louis Joseph, passed away in June 1989.
Marriage of the Dauphin Louis and Marie-Antoinette. In 1756, after three centuries of animosity, France and Austria became allies. To consolidate this diplomatic reconciliation, Louis XV and Empress Maria Theresa decided to marry their respective children.
Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France. Second child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, and their first son and heir. Died of tuberculosis during the Estates-General of 1789, on 4 June. He was succeeded as dauphin (heir) of France by his younger brother Louis Charles (q.v.).
