Henri Count of Chambord Royalty

Henri of Artois, Count of Chambord (Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord; 29 September 1820 – 24 August 1883) was disputedly King of France from 2 to 9 August 1830 as Henry V, although he was never officially proclaimed as such. Afterwards, he was the Legitimist pretender to the throne of France from 1844 to 1883. Henri was the posthumous son of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, younger son of Charles X of France, by his wife, Princess Carolina of Naples and Sicily, daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies. As the grandson of the king, Henri was a Petit-Fils de France.

Personal facts

Henri Count of Chambord
Birth dateSeptember 29, 1820
Birth place
Paris , Bourbon Restoration , Tuileries Palace
Date of deathAugust 24, 1883
Place of death
Austria-Hungary , Lanzenkirchen , Austrian Empire
Resting place
Slovenia , Nova Gorica
Parents
Charles Ferdinand Duke of Berry
Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile duchess de Berry
Spouse

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