Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry
| Charles Ferdinand | |||||
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| Duke of Berry | |||||
| Born | 24 January 1778 Palace of Versailles, France | ||||
| Died | 14 February 1820 (aged 42) Paris, France | ||||
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| Issue Detail | Louise, Duchess of Parma Henri, Count of Chambord Charlotte, comtesse d'Issoudun (illegitimate) | ||||
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| House | Bourbon | ||||
| Father | Charles, Count of Artois (later Charles X) | ||||
| Mother | Maria Theresa of Savoy | ||||
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Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry (24 January 1778 – 14 February 1820), was the third child and younger son of Charles, Count of Artois (later King Charles X of France), and Maria Theresa of Savoy. In 1820 he was assassinated at the Paris Opera by Louis Pierre Louvel, a Bonapartist. In June 1832, two years after the overthrow of Charles X, an unsuccessful royalist insurrection in the Vendée was led by Charles Ferdinand's widow, Marie-Caroline, in an attempt to restore their son Henri, Comte de Chambord, to the French throne.