Duke of Berry, Tenth Creation (1754)
- Louis-Auguste (1754–1793), grandson of Louis XV, King of France, who was also given the Berry title at his birth in 1754. He became Dauphin in 1765 and succeeded as Louis XVI, King of France in 1774.
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