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Gaston Jean Baptiste was born at the Palace of Fontainebleau on 24 April 1608 and at birth was given the title of Duke of Anjou. As a child, he was raised under the supervision of the royal governess Françoise de Montglat.
In 1360, the county was raised to a dukedom becoming known as Duke of Anjou, subsequently leading the Duchy of Anjou. The title was held by Philip V of Spain before his accession in 1700. Since then, some Spanish Legitimist claimants to the French throne have borne the title even to the present day, as does a nephew of the Orléanist pretender.
The elder of these branches consisted of Prince Gaston, Duke of Anjou, younger son of king Henry IV, and the four daughters of his two marriages. Prince Gaston became the Duke of Orléans in 1626, and held that title until his death in 1660. Upon the death of Gaston, the appanage of the Duchy of Orléans
Gaston, Duke of Anjou, brother Gaston, Duke of Orléans: Heir presumptive Brother 17 November 1611 Brother died 5 September 1638 Son born to king Henri II, Prince of Condé, 1601–1607, 2nd cousin Louis, Dauphin of France: Heir apparent Son 5 September 1638 Born 14 May 1643 Father died, became king Gaston, Duke of Orléans, 1638–1640, uncle
Gaston of Orléans (24 April 1608 – 2 Feb. 1660) 1626–1660 Duke of Orléans Duke of Valois Duke of Anjou Duke of Chartres Lord of Montargis: Second son of King Henry IV, the county was gifted to him as an apanage once he married Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier in 1626.
The fifth dukedom was created in 1626 by Louis XIII for his younger brother Gaston, Duke of Anjou. [8] Gaston became a libertine and scheming figure at court, plotting the assassination of Cardinal Richelieu and later joining the Fronde, a coalition of nobles who opposed the royal centralisation. Finally forgiven by Louis XIII, he died without ...
Gaston, Duke of Orléans; H. Henry III of France; L. Louis I of Anjou; ... Philippe Charles, Duke of Anjou; R. René of Anjou This page was ...
Soon Anjou fell seriously ill with "tertian ague", malaria. [13] Catherine de' Medici brought him back to Paris, where he reconciled with his brother, King Henry III of France, in February 1584. Henry even embraced his brother, whom he had famously called le petit magot ("little macaque"). By June, the Duke of Anjou was dead. [13] He was 29.