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Gaston, Duke of Orléans — Louis XIII’s brother, heir presumptive and repeat conspirator
The younger brother of a king long without children, he was heir to the throne for more than twenty-five years and conspired almost as often as he changed sides, each time letting those who had followed him be executed. The birth of a dauphin took away his reason for existing. (Editorial synthesis)
Gaston, Duke of Orléans was born on 25 April 1608. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica and Encyclopædia Universalis)
Gaston, Duke of Orléans died on 2 February 1660. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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