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2 unusual facts about Gaston, Duke of Orléans


Robert Morison

He studied in Paris under the guidance of Vespasien Robin, botanist to the king of France, who introduced him to Gaston, Duke of Orléans.

The Cask of Amontillado

Poe scholar Richard P. Benton has stated his belief that "Poe's protagonist is an Englished version of the French Montrésor" and has argued forcefully that Poe's model for Montresor "was Claude de Bourdeille, Count of Montrésor, the 17th-century political conspirator in the entourage of King Louis XIII's weak-willed brother, Gaston d'Orléans".


2nd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry

Company K, Ordered to Fort Humboldt December, 1861, thence to Fort Lyon and Fort Gaston, and duty there until June, 1863.

André-Gaston Prételat

André-Gaston Prételat (14 November 1874, Wassy, Champagne, France – 6 December 1969, Paris, France) was a general in the French Army.

Benjamin Ivry

Mon Docteur, Le Vin (My Doctor, Wine) by Gaston Derys with Watercolors by Raoul Dufy, translated by Benjamin Ivry, 2003, Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10133-3

Billotte

Pierre Billotte (1906 – 1992), a French Army general and politician and the son of General Gaston Billotte,

Canton of Marseille-Montolivet

It is composed of the part of the 12th municipal arrondissement of Marseille not included in the Canton of Marseille-La Blancarde and situated west of an imaginary line along chemin de la Parette and the walking path that extend from it (traverse Gaston-de-Flotte) from the border with the 11th municipal arrondissement until avenue Van-Gogh.

Cliff Ellen

A theatre actor of many years, Mr Ellen played the role of Gaston in the Australian touring production of Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile as well as Hannie Rayson's Inheritance.

Count of Orléans

The lands formed part of the appanages granted to various younger sons of Kings of France with the title Duke of Orléans.

Derrida Today

Authors published in Derrida Today have included: Karen Barad, Andrew Benjamin, Geoffrey Bennington, Tom Cohen, Claire Colebrook, Grant Farred, Sean Gaston, Joanna Hodge, Christine Irizarry, Vicki Kirby, John Leavey, Niall Lucy, J. Hillis Miller, Christopher Norris, Herman Rapaport, Alison Ross, Henry Staten, H. Peter Steeves, among others.

Ezra Schabas

For the next few years, he studied in a variety of places, including the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau, France as well as clarinet in New York with David Weber and in Paris with Gaston Hamelin.

Fernando Gaston Soler

Fernando Gaston Soler (born February 24, 1978 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football striker who currently plays for Persebaya Surabaya.

Gastón Gil Romero

Gastón Gil Romero (General Roca, 6 May 1993) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Estudiantes de La Plata.

Gaston II, Viscount of Béarn

Gaston granted the village of Asson to the abbey of Lescar, whose abbot was then García Lupus, his brother.

Gaston III, Count of Foix

Music at the Court of Gaston Febus, Count of Foix and Bearn (1331-1391); Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel; Sony, 1992.

Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours

A very elaborate tomb was commissioned for Gaston in Milan from the workshop of Agostino Busti, which despite never being completed and assembled remains a key work in art history, and especially French Renaissance art, with (as planned) classicising relief panels of his campaigns around the base of the sarcophagus, surmounted by a more traditional recumbent effigy.

Gaston, Oregon

In 1870, a new school was built near the connecting road between Old Highway 47 and the new Highway 47.

Gaston, South Carolina

Gaston area students go to schools in Lexington School District 4, Frances Mack Intermediate and Sandhills Middle are located in Gaston, while the Early Childhood Center, Sandhills Primary, Sandhills Elementary, Swansea High Freshmen Academy and Swansea High School are located in Neighboring Swansea, South Carolina

Gaston is home to Peachtree Rock, located on the headwaters of Hunt Branch, right off of Highway 6 on Peachtree Rock Road.

Gheorghe Gaston Marin

In August 1944, Gaston liberated the French city of Carmaux, capturing 120 German soldiers.

Gustave Cloëz

Purely orchestral records by Cloëz include 'Intermezzo' by Georges Hugon (Orchestre des Concerts Symphoniques), Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 and Hungarian Fantasy (Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion Française, Raymond Trouard), Schobert's Concerto in G for harpsichord and orchestra (Ruggero Gerlin), Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp (with Gaston Crunelle, Pierre Jamet), the Hebrides Overture and Danse Macabre.

Hartzell Spence

After World War II, he retired to his farm "Gaston Hall" near Orange, Virginia.

Healy Hall

Gaston Hall, located on the third and fourth floors and named for Georgetown's first student, William Gaston, is decorated with the coats of arms of the Jesuit colleges and universities and rich allegorical scenes painted by notable Jesuit artist Brother Francis C. Schroen.

Île d'Orléans

Officials later changed the name to Île d'Orléans in honour of the second son of King Francis I, Henri II, the Duke of Orléans.

Jacques Villon

To distinguish himself from his siblings, Gaston Duchamp adopted the pseudonym of Jacques Villon as a tribute to the French medieval poet François Villon.

Jacques-Marie Rouzet

He was the lover of Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon after the death of her husband the duke of Orleans.

Liberal Jewish Movement of France

The MJLF operates a Synagogue/Community House on 11 rue Gaston de Cavaillet in the 15th arrondissement, on the Front de Seine, a few hundred meters from the old "Vel d'Hiv".

Louise Bourgeois Boursier

They were Louis XIII, future King of France (1601), Elizabeth, Queen of Spain (1602), Christine Marie, Duchess of Savoy (1607), Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans (1607), Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608), and Henrietta Maria, Queen of England, Queen of Scots and Queen of Ireland (1609).

Mademoiselle de Montpensier

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627-1693) daughter of Gaston, Duke of Orléans and the above, cousin of Louis XIV of France.

Mademoiselle de Valois

Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans (1648–1664) daughter of Gaston, Duke of Orléans and Marguerite of Lorraine

Mlle Raucourt

By 1770 she was back in France at Rouen, and her success as Euphmie in Belloy's Gaston et Bayard caused her to be called to the Comédie Française, where, in 1772, she made her debut as Dido.

Nicolás Falczuk

Nicolás Gastón Falczuk (born 16 November 1986) is an Argentine professional association football who plays for Israeli club, Hapoel Be'er Sheva.

Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans

The title of Duke of Orléans reverted to the crown and was later given to his younger brother Gaston who outlived him for another four decades.

His youngest brother, Gaston de France, titled at birth as Duke of Anjou as was customary for the third son, was born in 1608.

Northampton County High School – West

Students at NCHS-West STEM primarily live in the communities of Gaston, Garysburg, Pleasant Hill and Henrico, North Carolina.

Omaja

This happened because many of its inhabitants moved to Las Parras, Gastón, and Buena Ventura in order to be closer to the highway.

Once Upon a Honeymoon

They meet Gaston Le Blanc (Albert Dekker), an American counterintelligence agent posing as a photographer.

Paestum

In the novel My Antonia by Willa Cather, the professor Gaston Cleric contracts a fever after spending the night outdoors admiring "the sea temples at Paestum."

Pierre Patrix

All Patrix got for his long and loyal service of Gaston of Orléans was the government of the county and castle of Limours, Montlhéry, with an accommodation at the palace of Orléans and some rather insignificant pension.

Roque Máspoli

Roque Gastón Máspoli Arbelvide (12 October 1917 in Montevideo – 22 February 2004 in Montevideo) was an Uruguayan football player and coach.

Secqueville-Hoyau

Alfred Secqueville and Gaston Hoyau established their business at Gennevilliers in 1911 as a producer of aircraft engines and propellers.

The Canary Trainer

In the novel's afterword, Meyer acknowledges the two most obvious influences, Conan Doyle's vast Sherlockian opus and Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, which Meyer terms an "absurdist masterpiece".

The Honest Man's Fortune

The Duke of Orleans is a rich and powerful aristocrat, arrogant and ruthless, "a spleenful detracting Lord."

The Long Play

The song, dedicated to Sandra's brother Gaston, is a cover version of Michael Cretu's song "Zeitlose Reise" from his 1983 solo album Legionäre.

The Solitaires

Formed in Harlem in 1953, the band consisted of Herman Curtis, Buzzy Willis and Pat Gaston (who had previously been together in another group, The Crows), and Monte Owens, Bobby Baylor and Bobby Williams (formerly of The Mello-Moods).

Tissandier

Albert Tissandier (1839–1906), Gaston's brother, French architect, aviator, illustrator, editor and archaeologist


see also

Mademoiselle de Chartres

Marie Anne d'Orléans (1652–1656) daughter of Gaston, Duke of Orléans and Marguerite de Lorraine

Mademoiselle de Montpensier

Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier (1605-1627) daughter of Henri, Duke of Montpensier and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse, wife of Gaston, Duke of Orléans.