The dauphine of France (/ˈdɔːfn, dɔːˈfn/, also US: /ˈdfn, dˈfn/, 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

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House of Valois

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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

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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

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Notes

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