Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry

Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry, Grandson of France (24 January 1778 – 14 February 1820) was the third child and youngest son o the future King of France, Charles X, and his wife, Maria Theresa of Savoy. He was assassinated at the Paris Opera in 1820 by Louis Pierre Louvel, and anti-royal Bonapartist. In June 1832, two years after the overthrow o his father, Charles X, his widow, Princess Marie Caroline, led a royalist insurrection in the Vendée in a failed attempt to restore their son, the Count of Chambord, to the French throne.

Marriage
The Duke of Berry married Princess Maria Carolina of Naples on 24 April 1816 in Naples. She was a daughter of Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria and Francis I of the Two Sicilies (himself a nephew of Marie Antoinette.

Issue

 * 1) Louise Élisabeth d'Artois (13 July 1817 – 14 July 1817)
 * 2) Louis d'Artois (born and died 13 September 1818)
 * 3) Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois (21 September 1819 – 1 February 1864) married Charles III of Parma and had issue.
 * 4) Henri d'Artois, Duke of Bordeaux and Count of Chambord (29 September 1820 – 24 August 1883) mairit Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este but had no issue.

Titles and styles

 * 24 January 1778 — 26 March 1815 His Royal Highness Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry, Grandson of France.
 * 26 March 1815 — 14 February 1820 His Royal Highness Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry, Son of France.