Louis-Antoine de Bourbon, duke dâAngoulĂȘme
dauphin of France
Louis-Antoine de Bourbon, duke dâAngoulĂȘme (born Aug. 6, 1775, Versailles, Franceâdied June 3, 1844, Gorizia, Venetia, Austrian Empire [now in Italy]) was the last dauphin of France and a prominent figure in the restoration of the Bourbon line after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. AngoulĂȘme was the elder son of the comte dâArtois (afterward Charles X of France) and Marie ThĂ©rĂšse of Savoy. When the revolution broke out in 1789, he left France with...