Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry, was the third child and younger son of Charles, Count of Artois, and Maria Theresa of Savoy. In 1820 he was assassinated at the Paris Opera by Louis Pierre L
Portrait of the Duke of Berry by François Gérard, 1820
Charles Ferdinand (left) with his older brother Louis Antoine and sister Sophie, 1781.
The Duke of Berry Shooting an Eagle in the Forest of Fontainebleau by Hippolyte Lecomte, 1818
Assassination of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, while departing a Parisian opera house at night.
Charles X of France
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Charles X was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother to former reigning kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the l
Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry
…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…
Coronation Portrait of Charles X (1825)
Portrait of Charles-Philippe by Catherine Read, 1764
Charles as Count of Artois in 1798, by Henri-Pierre Danloux
Portrait of the Count of Artois (future Charles X) in the habit of the Order of the Holy Spirit, by Antoine-François Callet, c. 1775