Editing Henri, Count of Chambord (section)

==Early life==
[[File:The dowager duchess de Berry presents her son Henri to the French court and royal family.jpg|thumb|left|''[[The Duchess of Berry Presenting the Duke of Bordeaux]]'' by [[Charles Nicolas Lafond]], 1821]]
'''Henri d'Artois''' was born on 29 September 1820, in the [[Pavillon de Marsan]], a portion of the [[Tuileries Palace]] that still survives in the compound of the [[Louvre Palace]] in [[Paris]]. His father, the [[Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry|''duc de Berry'']], had been assassinated seven months before Henri's birth.

At birth, Henri was given the title of ''duc de Bordeaux''. Because of his birth after his father's death, when the senior male line of the [[House of Bourbon]] was on the verge of extinction, one of his middle names was ''Dieudonné'' (French for "God-given"). Royalists called him "the miracle child". [[Louis XVIII]] was overjoyed, bestowing 35 royal orders to mark the occasion. Henri's birth was a major setback for the [[Louis Philippe I|Duke of Orleans]]' ambitions to ascend the French throne. During his customary visit to congratulate the newborn's mother, the duke made such offensive remarks about the baby's appearance that the lady holding him was brought to tears.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bernard |first=J.F. |title=Talleyrand: A Biography |url=https://archive.org/details/talleyrand00jack |publisher=Putnam |location=New York |year=1973 |page=495 |isbn=0-399-11022-4}}</ref>