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The Dauphin was the heir apparent to the throne of France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties.
Guy VIII, Count of Vienne, had a dolphin on his coat of arms and had been nicknamed le Dauphin (French for dolphin). The title of Dauphin du Viennois descended in his family till 1349, when Humbert II sold his seigneurie, called the Dauphiné, to King Philippe VI on condition that the heir of France assumed the title of le Dauphin.
The first French prince called le Dauphin was Charles V. The last was the Duc d'Angoulême, son of Charles X, who renounced the title in 1830.
List of Dauphins, 1349-1830
Charles (future Charles V of France) 1349-1364
Charles (future Charles VI of France) 1368-1380
Charles 1389
Charles 1392-1401
Louis, Duc de Guyenne 1401-1415
Jean, Duc de Touraine 1415-1417
Charles (future Charles VII of France) 1417-1422
Louis (future Louis XI of France) 1423-1461
Charles (future Charles VIII of France) 1470-1483
Charles-Orland 1492-1495
Charles 1496
François 1497-1498
François, Duc de Bretagne 1518-1536
Henri, formerly Duc d'Orléans (future Henry II of France) 1536-1547
François (future Francis II of France) 1547-1559
Louis (future Louis XIII of France) 1601-1610
Louis (future Louis XIV of France) 1638-1643
Louis, le Grand Dauphin 1661-1711
Louis, duke of Burgundy 1711-1712
Louis, Duc de Bretagne 1712
Louis (future Louis XV of France) 1712-1715
Louis, dauphin de France 1729-1765
Louis-Auguste, Duc de Berry (future Louis XVI of France) 1765-1774
Louis-Joseph 1781-1789
Louis-Charles, Duc de Normandie (future titular Louis XVII of France) 1789-1791 (in 1791 his title was changed to "Prince Royal")
Louis-Antoine, Duc d'Angoulême (future titular Louis XIX of France) 1824-1830
Category:French noble titles
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