Fils du Petit Dauphin (mort en 1712), petit-fils du Grand Dauphin (mort en 1711) et arrière-petit-fils de Louis XIV, il lui succède sous la régence de Philippe d'Orléans, neveu du roi défunt, jusqu'à sa majorité en 1723. Sacré à Reims le 25 octobre 1722. Mort de variole.
Son of the Petit Dauphin (died in 1712), grandson of the Grand Dauphin (died in 1711) and great-grandson of Louis XIV, he succeeded him under the regency of Philippe d'Orléans, nephew of the deceased king, until his majority in 1723. He was consecrated in Reims on October 25, 1722. Died of smallpox.