Did you know that Dauphin is the title given to the heir of the throne in France? This phrase started in use back in 1350! It’s changed a bit over time, but it stayed that way for almost 500 years.
Back in 1781, Louis Joseph Xavier François, wore that title. He was the son of Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI. Sadly, he died as a little boy in 1789 from tuberculosis. It was in 1785 that Harrisburg began using the name of Dauphin County to thank France after the war with Great Britain for American’s Independence.
