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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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Margaret Stewart of Scotland [1] |
James I of Scotland (Stewart) |
25 December 1424 | 24 June 1436 | 16 August 1445 | Louis, 9th Dauphin | ||
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Charlotte of Savoy [1] |
Louis, Duke of Savoy (Savoy) |
11 November 1443/5 | 14 February 1451 | 22 July 1461 became Queen |
1 December 1483 | ||
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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 |
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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
See also
- Dauphine of Auvergne
- List of Angevin consorts
- Countesses and Duchesses of Maine
- List of consorts of Alençon
- List of consorts of Bourbon
- List of consorts of Vendôme
- Countess of Artois
- Countess of Provence
- List of consorts of Lorraine
- List of Princesses of Condé
- List of consorts of Montpensier
- List of consorts of Conti
- List of consorts of Étampes
- Countess of Évreux
- Countess of Champagne
- List of consorts of Joinville
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Also Dauphine of Viennois.
- ^ Also Duchess of Normandy.
- ^ a b Also Duchess of Touraine.
- ^ Also Duchess of Guyenne.
- ^ a b Also Duchess of Berry.
- ^ Also Countess of Poitiers.
- ^ Also Countess of Ponthieu.
- ^ Also Duchess of Brittany.
- ^ Also Duchess of Burgundy.
- ^ Also Duchess of Angoulême.