Berri
or BERRY, CHARLES FERDINAND, DUKE OF, second son of the Count d'Artois (afterward Charles X.), born at Versailles, Jan. 24, 1778. In 1792 he fled with his father to Turin and served under him and Condé on the Rhine. In 1801 he went to Great Britain, and planned for the restoration of the Bourbons. In 1814 he landed at Cherbourg, and passed on to Paris, gaining many adherents to the royal cause; but they melted away when Napoleon landed from Elba, and the Count was compelled to retire to Ghent and Alost.
After Waterloo he returned to Paris, and in 1816 married. He was assassinated by Louvel, a political fanatic, Feb. 14, 1820. The Duke had by his wife, Carolina Fernandina Louisa, eldest daug daughter of Francis, afterward King f the Two Sicilies, a daughter, Louise Marie Thérèse, afterward Duchess of Parma, and a posthumous son, Comte de Chambord.