The dauphine of France (/ˈdɔːfiːn, dɔːˈfiːn/, also US: /ˈdoʊfiːn, doʊˈfiːn/, 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

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Dauphine Ceased to be Dauphine Death Husband
Joan of Bourbon
[1][2][3]		 Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
(Bourbon)		 3 February 1338 8 April 1350 22 August 1350
husband became the Dauphin		 8 April 1364
became Queen		 6 February 1378 Charles, 1st Dauphin
Margaret of Burgundy
[1][4]		 John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy
(Valois-Burgundy)		 1393 31 August 1404 18 December 1415
husband's death		 2 February 1441 Louis, 6th Dauphin
Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut
[1][3][5][6][7]		 William II, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)		 16 August 1401 6 August 1415 18 December 1415
husband became the Dauphin		 4 April 1417
husband's death		 8 October 1436 John, 7th Dauphin
Margaret Stewart of Scotland
[1]		 James I of Scotland
(Stewart)		 25 December 1424 24 June 1436 16 August 1445 Louis, 9th Dauphin
Charlotte of Savoy
[1]		 Louis, Duke of Savoy
(Savoy)		 11 November 1443/5 14 February 1451 22 July 1461
became Queen		 1 December 1483
Catherine de' Medici
[1][8]		 Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino
(Medici)		 13 April 1519 28 October 1533 10 August 1536
husband became the Dauphin		 31 March 1547
became Queen		 5 January 1589 Henry, 16th Dauphin
Mary, Queen of Scots
[1]		 James V of Scotland
(Stewart)		 8 December 1542 24 April 1558 10 July 1559
became Queen		 8 February 1587 Francis, 17th Dauphin

House of Bourbon

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Dauphine Ceased to be Dauphine Death Husband
Duchess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria
[1]		 Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)		 28 November 1660 7 March 1680 20 April 1690 Louis,
"le Grand Dauphin", 20th Dauphin
Princess Marie Adélaïde of Savoy
[1][9]		 Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
(Savoy)		 6 December 1685 7 December 1697 14 April 1711
husband became the Dauphin		 12 February 1712 Louis,
"le Petit Dauphin", 21st Dauphin
Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain
[1]		 Philip V of Spain
(Bourbon)		 11 June 1726 23 February 1745 22 July 1746 Louis, 24th Dauphin
Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony
[1]		 Augustus III of Poland
(Wettin)		 4 November 1731 9 February 1747 20 December 1765
husband's death		 13 March 1767
Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria
[1][5]		 Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg-Lorraine)		 2 November 1755 16 May 1770 10 May 1774
became Queen		 16 October 1793 Louis Auguste, 25th Dauphin
Princess Marie Thérèse of France
[1][10]		 Louis XVI of France
(Bourbon)		 19 December 1778 10 June 1799 16 September 1824
husband became the Dauphin		 2 August 1830
became Queen		 19 October 1851 Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Also Dauphine of Viennois.
  2. ↑ Also Duchess of Normandy.
  3. 1 2 Also Duchess of Touraine.
  4. ↑ Also Duchess of Guyenne.
  5. 1 2 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.
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