Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry

Charles Ferdinand
Duke of Berry
Portrait by François Gérard, 1820
Born(1778-01-24)24 January 1778
Palace of Versailles, France
Died14 February 1820(1820-02-14) (aged 42)
Paris, France
Burial
Spouse
Issue
Detail
Louise, Duchess of Parma
Henri, Count of Chambord
Charlotte, comtesse d'Issoudun (illegitimate)
Names
Charles Ferdinand de Bourbon
HouseBourbon
FatherCharles, Count of Artois (later Charles X)
MotherMaria Theresa of Savoy
SignatureCharles Ferdinand's signature

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.