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Count of Chambord (1820-1883).
After Louis XVI execution during the French Revolution in 1793, two of his brothers Louis XVIII (1814-1824) and Charles X (1824-1830) reigned over the French kingdom. When Charles X abdicates in 1830 and favored his son the Duke of Berry as his successor, however, the latter is murdered and Henri, Duke of Bordeaux, becomes the throne heir. As a grandson of Charles X, Henri is to young to rule and Louis-Philippe of Orleans (from another branch of the family) starts a regency. He soon became King, and the former royal family including Henri had to exile. During that time the Duke of Bordeaux starts using the name "Count of Chambord". He died heirless in 1883.