Editing Charles X of France (section)

==Childhood and adolescence==
[[File:Charles-x-and-his-sister-clotilde-mounting-a-goat.jpg|thumb|Charles Philippe with his younger sister Clotilde on a goat]]
Charles Philippe of France was born in 1757, the youngest son of the [[Dauphin of France|Dauphin]] [[Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765)|Louis]] and his wife, the [[Dauphine of France|Dauphine]] [[Maria Josepha of Saxony (1731–1767)|Marie Josèphe]], at the [[Palace of Versailles]]. Charles was created [[Count of Artois]] at birth by his grandfather, the reigning King [[Louis XV]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} As the youngest male in the family, Charles seemed unlikely ever to become king. His eldest brother, [[Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1751–1761)|Louis, Duke of Burgundy]], died unexpectedly in 1761, which moved Charles up one place in the line of succession. He was raised in early childhood by [[Madame de Marsan]], the [[Governess of the Children of France]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}  At the death of his father in 1765, Charles's oldest surviving brother, [[Louis XVI of France|Louis Auguste]], became the new Dauphin (the [[heir apparent]] to the French throne). Their mother Marie Josèphe, who never recovered from the loss of her husband, died in March 1767 from [[tuberculosis]].<ref>[[Évelyne Lever]], ''Louis XVI'', Librairie Arthème Fayard, Paris (1985), p. 43.</ref> This left Charles an orphan at the age of nine, along with his siblings [[Louis XVI of France|Louis Auguste]], [[Louis XVIII of France|Louis Stanislas, Count of Provence]], [[Marie Clotilde of France|Clotilde]] ("Madame Clotilde"), and [[Élisabeth de France|Élisabeth]] ("Madame Élisabeth").

Louis XV fell ill on 27 April 1774 and died on 10 May of [[smallpox]] at the age of 64.<ref name="antonia20">Antonia Fraser, ''Marie Antoinette: the Journey'', pp. 113–116.</ref> His grandson Louis-Auguste succeeded him as King Louis XVI.<ref>[[Charles Porset]], Hiram sans-culotte? Franc-maçonnerie, lumières et révolution: trente ans d'études et de recherches, Paris: Honoré Champion, 1998, p. 207.</ref>