Henri, Count of Chambord

Henri, Count of Chambord

Henri, Count of Chambord and Duke of Bordeaux (French: 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 until his death in 1883. Henri was the only son of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, born after his father's death, by his wife, Princess Carolina of Naples and Sicily, daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri, Count of Chambord has received more than 593,586 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Henri, Count of Chambord is the 1,361st most popular politician (down from 1,315th in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from France (up from 507th in 2019) and the 116th most popular French Politician.

Henri, Count of Chambord was most famous for being the last male heir to the French throne. He was born in 1820 and became King of France at the age of nine when his grandfather, King Charles X, abdicated. He was a member of the Bourbon dynasty. In 1830, he became the Duke of Bordeaux. In 1844, he became the Duke of Nemours. In 1847, he became the Duke of Aumale. In 1848, he became the Duke of Angoulême. In 1853, he became the Duke of Orléans. In 1864, he became the Duke of Alençon. In 1871, he became the Duke of Chartres. In 1873, he became the Duke of Berry.