Henri, Count of Chambord

Henri
Count of Chambord
Duke of Bordeaux
Photograph c. 1870
Legitimist pretender to the French throne
as Henri V
Pretence3 June 1844 – 24 August 1883
PredecessorLouis XIX
SuccessorPhilippe VII
or
Jean III
Born(1820-09-29)29 September 1820
Tuileries Palace, Paris, France
Died24 August 1883(1883-08-24) (aged 62)
Schloss Frohsdorf, Frohsdorf, Austria-Hungary
Burial
Spouse
Names
Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois
HouseBourbon
FatherPrince Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry
MotherPrincess Maria Carolina of Naples and Sicily
SignatureHenri's signature

Henri, Count of Chambord and Duke of Bordeaux (French: Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord; 29 September 1820 – 24 August 1883)[1] was the Legitimist pretender to the throne of France as Henri V from 1844 until his death in 1883.

Henri was the only son of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, born after his father's death, by his wife, Princess Carolina of Naples and Sicily, daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies. The Duke himself was the younger son of Charles X. As the grandson of Charles X, Henri was a Petit-Fils de France. He was the last legitimate descendant of Louis XV of France in the male line.

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chambord, Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné, Comte de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 822–823.