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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, 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 was driven out of the Dauphiné by Charles VII's soldiers in 1456, leaving the region to fall back into disorder. After his succession as Louis XI of France in 1461, Louis united the Dauphiné with France, bringing it under royal control.
Apr 22, 2022 · His elder brother, Louis Joseph, died at the age of seven from tuberculosis in June 1789, and Louis Charles became the “Dauphin”, the title accorded to the heir apparent of the throne of France. But external events were to overtake him while he was still a child.
For more than two centuries, one of the most mysterious questions in history concerned the fate of the son of Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI of France. Known as the "Lost Dauphin," official records claimed that ten-year-old Louis Charles, the heir to the throne of France, died in prison in 1795. Rumors, however, suggested that the child had ...
The coffin was covered with a silver cloth, a crown, a sword and the Orders of the Dauphin of France on top. He was buried in the Basilica of St. Denis. Marie Antoinette later wrote, “At the death of my poor little Dauphin, the nation hardly seemed to notice.” 8 The title of Dauphin now passed to Louis Charles.
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.).
Feb 16, 2024 · But after Louis Joseph’s death, he inherited the title of Dauphin of France and became heir to the throne. After his father’s execution, Royalists continued to recognize the imprisoned...
Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, Son of France ( Louis Joseph Xavier François; 22 October 1781 – 4 June 1789) was the second child and elder son of King Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette. As the eldest son and heir apparent, he was Dauphin of France.
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").
