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Its rulers were called Dauphins, until the impecunious Dauphin Humbert II sold his holdings to the King of France in 1349, when the title fell to the king’s eldest son.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2016

The base bears escutcheons of the Dauphins of France, the arms and two inscriptions referring to the princes and their birth.

From The Cathedrals of Northern France by McManus, Blanche

You are forgetting that I am the Dauphin and Dauphins can't die just like that….

From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse

It is dying of the Goblets, the Petits, the Dauphins.

From France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by Hurlbert, William Henry

Charles, eldest son of John, obtained by purchase the imperial fief of Vienne, of which the counts had always been called Dauphins, a title thenceforth borne by the heir apparent of the kingdom.

From History of France by Green, J.R.