dauphin
dauphinThe title of the heir to the French throne. Dauphiné was a province in south-east France. It was conquered by the Romans, Burgundians, and Franks. Once a fief of the Holy Roman Empire , it passed to the kingdom of Arles, and, in 1029 to the counts of D'Albon who, from 1133 , took the title of Dauphin of Vienne. By 1282 , it had acquired its regional name and it was sold to the future Charles V of France in 1346 . Thereafter heirs to the French throne assumed the title of dauphin. The province acquired a Parlement in 1453 , but was annexed to the crown in 1457 and lost its local privileges, especially during the French Wars of Religion .
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