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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, Marie de' Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a Fils de France. He later acquired the title Duke of Orléans, by which he was generally known during his adulthood.
Gaston d'Orléans, Count of Eu, at the age of 28. On 22 March 1869, Gaston was assigned to lead as commander-in-chief of the allied armies, after the Marquis of Caxias renounced that position. This delegation of authority was based on the prestige as an officer of high rank, as well as his reputation and well-known capacity in military action.
Gaston de Foix (1448 – 25 March 1500), Earl of Kendal and Count of Benauges, was a French nobleman in the last decades of the Middle Ages. He was a cadet member of the important Foix family in Southern France. He was a son of John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal and Margaret Kerdeston. [1] Gaston succeeded as the Count of Benauges in France.
Gaston Paris was born under the July Monarchy at Avenay (), the son of Paulin Paris (1800–1881), an important French scholar of medieval French literature.In his childhood, Gaston learned to appreciate Old French romances as poems and stories, and this early impulse for the study of Romance literature was placed on a solid basis by courses of study at the University of Bonn (1856), in the ...
The crisis of the Middle Ages was a series of events in the 14th and 15th centuries that ended centuries of European stability during the late Middle Ages. [1] Three major crises led to radical changes in all areas of society: demographic collapse , political instability , and religious upheavals.
Gaston IV (27 November 1422 – 25 or 28 July 1472) was the sovereign Viscount of Béarn and the Count of Foix and Bigorre in France from 1436 to 1472. He also held the viscounties of Marsan , Castelbon, Nébouzan , Villemeur and Lautrec and was, by virtue of the county of Foix, co-prince of Andorra .
Gaston lost Brulhois and was excommunicated by the Council of Vabres and his territories declared forfeit by the pope. [7] On 15 January 1213, Gaston did homage to Peter II of Aragon along with Bernard IV of Comminges, (circa 1150 – Count 1175 – 22 February 1225), Raimond-Roger of Foix, and Raymond VI of Toulouse.
Gaston II Centule (circa 951 – 1012 [1]) was the Viscount of Béarn from 996 to his death. He succeeded his father Centule III [2] after the latter's assassination at the hands of Lupus the Strong, Lord of Serres. Gaston granted the village of Asson to the abbey of Lescar, whose abbot was then García Lupus, his brother.