# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gaston-duke-of-orleans
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:03:29.286Z

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name: "Gaston, Duke of Orléans"
slug: "gaston-duke-of-orleans"
description: "The king's brother who never became king — and spent decades reminding the court of it. Gaston of Orléans wore the title \"Monsieur\" like a consolation prize, eldest surviving sibling to Louis XIII in a century when proximity to the throne was both fortune and curse."
tagline: "French prince"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gaston%2C_Duke_of_Orl%C3%A9ans%2C_Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Blois.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
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  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1608-04-25"
deathDate: "1660-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.58798266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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    slug: "politicians"
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    slug: "politician"
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  - name: "Europe"
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  - name: "Early Modern Era"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 24 April 1608, Gaston Jean Baptiste arrived as the third son of Henry IV and Marie de' Medici, a prince by blood but not by expectation. When his elder brother became Louis XIII, Gaston inherited the role of heir presumptive and the Duke of Orléans title — a position that kept him close to power but never quite in it. For decades he carried the honorific "Monsieur," the formal address reserved for the king's eldest brother, a daily reminder of the gap between him and the crown. He died 2 February 1660, having spent fifty-two years as the man one step away.