DAUPHINE is the female form of the particular French feudal (comital or princely) title of Dauphin (also anglicized as Dolphin), applied to the wife of a Dauphin (usually in the sense of heir to the French royal throne). The Dauphin was the heir apparent to the throne of France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties. ...
Also derived from dauphin is the culinary fried potato dish pommes dauphines.
It should not be confused with the French region Dauphiné (remark the accent aigu on the final é)
Dauphiné is a former province in southeastern France, roughly corresponding to the present départements of the Isère, Drôme, and Hautes-Alpes. ...
Nestled in the heart of the Parkland region, the breathtaking Riding Mountain escarpment protects Dauphin to the south and the handsome Duck Mountains...
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Delphinus), an ancient feudal title in France, borne only by the counts and dauphins of Vienne, the dauphins of Auvergne, and from 1364 by the eldest sons of the kings of France.
The "canting arms" of a dolphin, which they quartered with the royal fleurs de lys, were originally assumed by Dauphin, count of Clermont, instead of the arms of Auvergne (the earliest extant example is appended to a deed of 1199), and from him they were borrowed by the counts of the Viennois.
It is thus abundantly clear that the name of Dauphin was not assumed from the armorial device, but vice versa.
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