to Henry II of Navarre. After her death without male issue in 1549, Berry reverted to the Crown. In 1550, King Henry II granted Berry to his sister Margaret of Valois for life. After the death of Margaret of Valois in 1574, her nephew King Henry III granted Berry and the County of La Marche to his sister-in-law and Queen dowager of France Elisabeth of Austria. However in 1577, as a consequence of the Peace of Monsieur, Elisabeth of Austria was forced by King Henry III to exchange Berry and La Marche (which then became part of the expanded appanage of his brother Francis, Duke of Anjou) for the duchies of Auvergne and Bourbon. After Francis, Duke of Anjou's death in 1584, Berry and his other appanages again returned to the Crown. In 1589, King Henry IV granted Berry to King Henry III's widow Louise of Lorraine for her lifetime. House of Bourbon (1686-1820) In 1686, King Louis XIV granted the style Duke of Berry to his third grandson Charles who continued to use it as his primary title until his death in 1714, despite never gaining the appanage of Berry. In 1754, King Louis XV stylized his newborn grandson Louis-Auguste as Duke of Berry until his ascension as Dauphin of France in 1765, after his father's death. In 1778, King Louis XVI re-established the Duchy of Berry as an appanage for his newborn nephew, Charles Ferdinand of Artois, who was killed in 1820 by Louis Pierre Louvel, a Bonapartist. See also House of France Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry References Berry Berry Berry ru:Герцогство Беррийское#Герцоги Беррийские