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
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
Louis Antoine of France, Duke of Angoulême was the elder son of Charles X of France and the last Dauphin of France from 1824 to 1830.
Charles X of France
…Louis-Auguste succeeded him as King Louis XVI. In November 1773, Charles married Marie Thérèse of Savoy. In 1775, Marie Thérèse gave birth to a boy, Louis Antoine, who was created Duke of Angoulême by Louis XVI. Louis-Antoine was the first of the next generation of Bourbons, as the king and the Count of Provence…
Portrait of the Duke of Angoulême by Thomas Lawrence
The young duke with his siblings and mother, the Countess of Artois (by Charles Le Clercq, c. 1780–1782)
Louis-Antoine by Rosalie Filleul, c. 1781
Faience plate celebrating the Duke of Angoulême as Admiral of France. On display at the Musée national de la Marine, Paris.