The title of Dauphin du Viennois was a hereditary title of the descendants of Guigues IV, Comte d'Albon, who was nicknamed le Dauphin from the dolphin on his coat-of-arms. The associated lands, known as the Dauphiné, were sold to the King of France in 1349, on condition that the heir to the French crown use the title of Dauphin. Dauphiné is a former province in southeastern France, roughly corresponding to the present départements of the Isère, Drôme, and Hautes-Alpes. ... Kings ruled in France from the Middle Ages to 1848. ... -1... The Dauphin was the heir apparent to the throne of France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties. ...

Dauphins du Viennois

• Guigues IV, Comte d'Albon, "le Dauphin" (1095-1142)
• Guigues V, Dauphin du Viennois (died 1162)
• Beatrice d'Albon, Dauphine du Viennois (died 1228), married Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy in 1183
• Guigues VI de Bourgogne, Dauphin du Viennois (1184-1237)
• Guigues VII de Bourgogne, Dauphin du Viennois (1225-1269)
• Anne, Dauphine du Viennois (1255-1298)
• Humbert I de La Tour du Pin, Dauphin du Viennois (1240-1307), married the dauphine Anne in 1273
• Jean II de La Tour du Pin, Dauphin du Viennois (died 1319)
• Guigues VIII de La Tour du Pin, Dauphin du Viennois (died 1333)
• Humbert II de La Tour du Pin, Dauphin du Viennois (died 1355), who sold the dauphinate to the crown.

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