Dauphine of France explained

The dauphine of France (also, in French dofin/) was the wife of the dauphin of France (the heir apparent to the French throne). The position was analogous to a crown princess (the wife of a crown prince and heir apparent to a throne).

List of dauphines of France

House of Valois

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DauphineCeased to be DauphineDeathHusband
Joan of Bourbon
[1] [2] [3]
Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
(Bourbon)
3 February 13388 April 135022 August 1350
husband became the Dauphin
8 April 1364
became Queen
6 February 1378Charles, 1st Dauphin
Margaret of Burgundy
[4]
John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy
(Valois-Burgundy)
139331 August 140418 December 1415
husband's death
2 February 1441Louis, 6th Dauphin
Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut
[5] [6] [7]
William II, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
16 August 14016 August 141518 December 1415
husband became the Dauphin
4 April 1417
husband's death
8 October 1436John, 7th Dauphin
Margaret Stewart of Scotland
James I of Scotland
(Stewart)
25 December 1424 24 June 143616 August 1445Louis, 9th Dauphin
Charlotte of Savoy
Louis, Duke of Savoy
(Savoy)
11 November 1443/514 February 145122 July 1461
became Queen
1 December 1483
Catherine de' Medici
[8]
Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino
(Medici)
13 April 151928 October 153310 August 1536
husband became the Dauphin
31 March 1547
became Queen
5 January 1589Henry, 16th Dauphin
Mary, Queen of Scots
James V of Scotland
(Stewart)
8 December 154224 April 155810 July 1559
became Queen
8 February 1587Francis, 17th Dauphin

House of Bourbon

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DauphineCeased to be DauphineDeathHusband
Duchess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
28 November 16607 March 168020 April 1690Louis,
"le Grand Dauphin", 20th Dauphin
Princess Marie Adélaïde of Savoy
[9]
Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
(Savoy)
6 December 16857 December 169714 April 1711
husband became the Dauphin
12 February 1712Louis,
"le Petit Dauphin", 21st Dauphin
Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain
Philip V of Spain
(Bourbon)
11 June 172623 February 174522 July 1746Louis, 24th Dauphin
Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony
Augustus III of Poland
(Wettin)
4 November 17319 February 174720 December 1765
husband's death
13 March 1767
Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg-Lorraine)
2 November 175516 May 177010 May 1774
became Queen
16 October 1793Louis Auguste, 25th Dauphin
Princess Marie Thérèse of France
[10]
Louis XVI of France
(Bourbon)
19 December 177810 June 179916 September 1824
husband became the Dauphin
2 August 1830
became Queen
19 October 1851Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême

See also

Notes and References

  1. Also Dauphine of Viennois.
  2. Also Duchess of Normandy.
  3. Also Duchess of Touraine.
  4. Also Duchess of Guyenne.
  5. Also Duchess of Berry.
  6. Also Countess of Poitiers.
  7. Also Countess of Ponthieu.
  8. Also Duchess of Brittany.
  9. Also Duchess of Burgundy.
  10. Also Duchess of Angoulême.