Gaston o Fraunce, Duke o Orléans
Gaston o Fraunce, Son o Fraunce, Duke o Orléans (Gaston Jean Baptiste; 24 Aprile 1608 – 2 Februar 1660), wis the third son o Keeng Henry IV o Fraunce an his wife Marie de' Medici. He wis the Duke o njou frae birth but wis then creautit the Duke o Orléans. He wis kent as Monsieur at his brither Louis XIII's coort. He lived at the Luxembourg Pailace for a while an renamed it the Palais d'Orléans. At his daith in 1660, the Dukedom went tae his nephew Philippe o Fraunce (anly brither o Louis XIV o Fraunce) His grandson, the last Medici Grand Duke o Tuscany, Gian Gastone de' Medici wis named in his honour. He is credited wi bein amang the first tae uise the style o Ryal Highness.
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.jpg) Gaston in 1634 bi Anthony van Dyck. | |||||
| Duke o Orléans | |||||
| Ring | 6 August 1626 – 2 Februar 1660 | ||||
| Born | 24 Apryle 1608 Pailace o Fontainebleau, France | ||||
| Dee'd | 2 Februar 1660 (aged 51) Château de Blois, France | ||||
| Buirial | Ryal Basilica, Saunt Denis | ||||
| Spouse | Marie de Bourbon Marguerite o Lorraine | ||||
| Issue Detail | Anne Marie Louise, Duchess o Montpensier Marguerite Louise, Grand Duchess o Tuscany Isabelle, Duchess o Guise Françoise Madeleine, Duchess o Savoy Jean Gaston, Duke o Valois Marie Anne, Mademoiselle de Chartres | ||||
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| Hoose | Bourbons o Fraunce | ||||
| Faither | Henry IV o Fraunce | ||||
| Mither | Marie de' Medici | ||||
| Releegion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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First mairiageEdit
Gaston mairit firstly on 6 August 1626, in Nantes tae Marie de Bourbon, Duchess o Montpensier, dochter an heiress o Henri de Bourbon, Duke o Montpensier. Thay haed ane dochter.
IssueEdit
- Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess o Montpensier (29 Mey 1627 – 5 Aprile 1693), kent Mademoiselle de Montpensier, n later La Grande Mademoiselle. mairit Antonin Nompar de Caumont, Duke o Lauzun in seacret.
Secoint mairiageEdit
In a secret ceremony Nancy during the nicht o 2–3 Januar 1632, Gaston mairit Marguerite o Lorraine.
IssueEdit
- Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (28 Julie 1645 – 17 September 1721) mairit Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke o Tuscany an haed issue.
- Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans (26 December 1646 – 17 Mairch 1696) mairit Louis Joseph o Lorraine, Duke o Guise an haed issue.
- Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans (13 October 1648 – 14 Januar 1664) mairit Charles Emmanuel II o Savoy nae issue.
- Jean Gaston d'Orléans, Duke o Valois (17 August 1650 – 10 August 1652) died in infancy.
- Marie Anne d'Orléans (9 November 1652 – 17 August 1656) died in infancy.
Teetles an stylesEdit
- 24 Aprile 1608 - 6 August 1626 The Duke o Anjou, Son o Fraunce.
- 6 August 1626 – 2 Februar 1660 The Duke o Orléans, Son o Fraunce.
Ither teetlesEdit
- Duke o Chartres, Duke o Valois, Duke o Alençon, Coont o Blois, Coont o Montlhery, Coont o Limours, Baron o Amboise, Laird o Montargis.
Ither wabsteidsEdit
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