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3 days ago · On 25 October 1723, six days before his death, Grand Duke Cosimo disseminated a final proclamation commanding that Tuscany stay independent: Anna Maria Luisa would succeed uninhibited to Tuscany after Gian Gastone, and the grand duke reserved the right to choose his successor.
Jul 3, 2024 · Duke of Orléans. When Philippe's uncle Gaston died in February 1660, the Duchy of Orléans reverted to the crown, as he had no surviving male issue. The duchy was one of the most highly regarded appanages of the ancien régime, and it was traditionally Philippe's birthright as the brother of the king.
Jul 4, 2024 · Gaston, Duke of Orleans, Monsieur, brother of Louis XIII: -, wants to go to England, 50; Chateauneuf does not think much of rebellion, 180; Odolengo refers to, 199; Richelieu alludes to, 203. -, Chateauneuf considers revolt serious, 233; command in Italy offered to, 246.
Jun 22, 2024 · When Mazarin returned to France from exile (January 1652), Beaufort led the troops of Gaston, Duke d’Orléans, on Condé’s side against the royalist forces. On July 30, 1652, he shot his sister Élisabeth’s husband, Charles-Amédée de Savoie, Duke de Nemours, in a duel.
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4 days ago · Twice the king's younger brother, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, had to leave France for conspiring against his government and for attempting to undermine the influence of his mother and Cardinal Richelieu.
6 days ago · Above all, 18 May 1643, the union of Gaston, Duke of Orleans, brother of Louis XIII with Marguerite of Lorraine, was renewed in the chapel of the castle, with the blessing of the Archbishop of Paris, Jean-François de Gondi.
2 days ago · On 11 June 1642, while in Tarascon on one of the long military expeditions, Mazarin was presented with evidence that Gaston, Duke of Orléans, the brother of Louis XIII, and the Marquis of Cinq-Mars, one of the King's closest advisors, had made a secret agreement with the King of Spain, without the knowledge of Richelieu or the King. It ...
