Monsieur Gaston, Duke of Orléans (Gaston Jean Baptiste; 24 April 1608 – 2 February 1660), was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his second wife...
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The 4th House of Orléans (French: Maison d'Orléans), sometimes called the House of Bourbon-Orléans (French: Maison de Bourbon-Orléans) to distinguish...
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founder of the House of Orléans, a cadet branch of the ruling House of Bourbon. Styled Duke of Anjou from birth, Philippe became Duke of Orléans upon the...
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Gaston of Orléans may refer to: Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608–1660) Prince Gaston, Count of Eu (1842–1922) Prince Gaston of Orléans (2009–) This disambiguation...
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mentioned Duke of Anjou became the Duke of Orléans and it is from him the present House of Orléans descends. [citation needed] "Jean-Gaston d'Orléans"...
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known as the "Orléans branch" of the Bourbons. Based at the Palais-Royal, the Duke of Orléans Louis-Philippe II contested the authority of his cousin Louis...
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Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Philippe Charles; 2 August 1674 – 2 December 1723), was a French prince, soldier, and statesman who served as Regent of the Kingdom...
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Portrait of Gaston, Duke of Orléans is an oil on canvas portrait of Gaston, Duke of Orléans by Anthony van Dyck, painted in 1632 or 1634. At the time its...
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gave the county and the Château of Blois to his brother and heir, Gaston, Duke of Orléans as a wedding gift. In 1634, Gaston embarked on building a completely...
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death of the Duchess of Montpensier in 1693, her fortune went to her direct and legal heir, the House of Orléans (Philippe's uncle Philippe I, Duke of Orléans)...
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Louis, Duke of Orléans (4 August 1703 – 4 February 1752) was a member of the House of Bourbon, and as such was a prince du sang. At his father's death...
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to the duke of Wūrttemberg, and subsequently it passed to Gaston, Duke of Orléans, by grant of Louis XIII; to Elizabeth of Orléans, duchess of Guise;...
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Duke of Montpensier, son of Louis above-mentioned, in 1584. His granddaughter Marie, Duchesse de Montpensier, in 1626 married Gaston, Duke of Orléans...
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Brazil and heiress to the Brazilian throne. Gaston was born Louis Philippe Marie Ferdinand Gaston of Orléans (Portuguese: Luís Filipe Maria Fernando Gastão...
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Charles of Orléans (24 November 1394 – 5 January 1465) was Duke of Orléans from 1407, following the murder of his father, Louis I, Duke of Orléans. He was...
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dukedom of Orléans to his brother (and Gaston's nephew), Philippe of France, Duke of Orléans, who became the new Monsieur. As "Dowager Duchess of Orléans,"...
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Monsieur (category Princes of France (Orléans))
Peace of Monsieur. The title was later assumed by Gaston, Duke of Orléans, brother of Louis XIII, and then Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, brother of Louis...
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Louvre in Paris on 29 May 1627. Her father was Gaston, Duke of Orléans; as the eldest surviving brother of King Louis XIII, he was known at court by the...
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the heir to the Brazilian throne, Isabel of Braganza with Prince Gaston, Count of Eu. The House of Orléans-Braganza never reigned, as Brazil's pure Braganza...
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Louise de La Vallière (category Dukes of La Vallière)
years. The three daughters of Gaston, Duke of Orléans from his second marriage Lair says the education of girls in the Orléans court was neglected, while...
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Philippe of France, Duke of Orléans, known at court as Monsieur was married to Henrietta of England, daughter of the murdered Charles I of England and...
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Jean, Count of Paris (Jean Carl Pierre Marie d'Orléans, born 19 May 1965) is the current head of the House of Orléans. Jean is the senior male descendant...
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d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans, Duke of Montpensier (1674–1723) - son of Philippe Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans, Duke of Montpensier (1703–1752) - son of Philippe...
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Louis Antoine of France, Duke of Angoulême (6 August 1775 – 3 June 1844) was the elder son of Charles X and the last Dauphin of France from 1824 to 1830...
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ideas were put into practice when the Duke of Orléans, as regent during Louis XV's minority, created a form of government known as polysynody, in which...
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Gian Gastone de' Medici (redirect from John Gaston, Grand Duke of Tuscany)
name, Giovanni Battista Gastone, from his maternal grandfather, Gaston, Duke of Orléans. Cosimo and Marguerite Louise frequently quarreled. As a result...
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Monsieur d'Orléans (redirect from Nicholas Henri, Duke of Orléans)
Gaston. In order to honour the terms of the betrothal, Marie de Bourbon-Montpensier herself was eventually married to Gaston, the new Duke of Orléans...
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Antoine de L'Age, duc de Puylaurens (category Dukes of Puylaurens)
born to an old Languedoc family. Attached to the household of Gaston, Duke of Orléans, brother of Louis XIII, he gained a complete ascendancy over the weak...
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Louis, Grand Dauphin (redirect from Louis, Dauphin of France (son of Louis XIV))
and Louis' cousin Marie Louise d'Orléans, daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans and Henrietta of England. According to various sources, Marie Louise...
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The Princes of Orléans were male-line descendants of the House of Orléans headed by the Duke of Orléans. The present House of Orléans was founded by Philippe...
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