Henri d'Artois

Independent activity Monarchy and royalism 1820–1883 ○ Natural causes

Grandson of Charles X and last claimant of the senior Bourbon line, hailed by the Legitimists as "Henri V"

Born at the Tuileries in 1820, the only son of the Duke of Berry, younger son of Charles X, he came seven months after his father's assassination, and royalists called him "the miracle child". In the July Revolution of 1830 his grandfather and uncle gave up their rights in his favour, but the Chamber made Louis Philippe king and the family went into exile. From 1844 he claimed the throne as "Henri V"; his supporters were the Legitimists. He lived at Frohsdorf south-east of Vienna and had no children. After 1870 the royalists held a majority in the National Assembly and the Orleanists backed him, but he would accept the crown only if France gave up the tricolour, and the restoration attempt of 1873 failed for that reason. He died at Frohsdorf in 1883, the last male of the line of Louis XV.

Also known as: Comte de Chambord · Henri, Count of Chambord · Duke of Bordeaux · Henri V · Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois