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Also Known As Gaston-Jean-Baptiste, duc d’Orléans, duc d’Anjou • Gaston de France • Monsieur
Born April 25, 1608 • Fontainebleau • France
Died February 2, 1660 (aged 51) • Blois • France
Notable Family Members father Henry IV • mother Marie de Médicis • daughter Anne-Marie-Louise d’Orléans, Duchesse de Montpensier • brother Louis XIII • sister Henrietta Maria
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