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Louis Antoine of France, Duke of Angoulême (6 August 1775 – 3 June 1844) was the elder son of Charles X and the last Dauphin of France from 1824 to 1830.
Louis Antoine of France, Duke of Angoulême (6 August 1775 – 3 June 1844) was the eldest son of Charles X of France and the last person in line to be King of France from 1824 to 1830. He was technically King of France and Navarre for less than 20 minutes before he himself abdicated. [1]
Louis Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Enghien ( duc d'Enghien pronounced [dɑ̃ɡɛ̃]) (Louis Antoine Henri; 2 August 1772 – 21 March 1804) was a member of the House of Bourbon of France. More famous for his death than his life, he was executed by order of Napoleon Bonaparte, who brought charges against him of aiding Britain and plotting against ...
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.
Louis Antoine of France, Duke of Angoulême (6 August 1775 – 3 June 1844) was the elder son of Charles X and the last Dauphin of France from 1824 to 1830. He is identified by the Guinness World Records as the shortest-reigning monarch, reigning for less than 20 minutes during the July Revolution, but this is not backed up by historical evidence.
By the terms of the Treaty of Brétigny (1360) the Angoumois, then ruled by the Counts of Angoulême, was ceded as English territory to Edward III. In 1371 it became a fief of the Duke of Berry, before passing to Louis I, Duke of Orleans, both of whom were cadets of the French royal family.
The Duke of Angouleme was the nephew of the last pre-Revolution French King, Louis XVI (1754-1793). During the Revolution he joined the Royalist army and lead the Vendee rising in 1795; throughout the Napoleonic Wars he fought on the allied side, living in England from 1807 to 1814 and serving under the Duke of Wellington.
