Francoise Madeleine Of ORLEANS: Darlene's Family Genealogy

1648 - 1664 (15 years)

Generation: 1

Francoise Madeleine Of ORLEANS was born on 13 Oct 1648 in st. Germain-en-Laye (daughter of Gaston Duke Of ORLEANS and Margaret Of LORRAINE); died on 14 Jan 1664 in Turin.

Francoise married Charles Emmanuel II Of SAVOY on 04 Mar 1663 in The Louvre. Charles (son of Victor Amadeus I Duke Of SAVOY and Christine Marie Duchess Of SAVOY) was born on 20 Jun 1634 in Palace of Venaria; died on 12 Jun 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Gaston Duke Of ORLEANS was born on 25 Apr 1608 (son of Henry IV King Of FRANCE and Maria DE'MEDICI); died on 02 Feb 1660.

Notes:

Gaston Jean-Baptiste, duc d'OrlÈans (April 25, 1608, Fontainebleau ? February 2, 1660, Blois), was the third son of the French king Henry IV and of his wife Marie de' Medici.

Known at first as the duc d'Anjou, he became duc d'OrlÈans, comte de Blois and comte de Chartres in 1626, and had nominal command of the army which besieged La Rochelle in 1628, having already entered upon that course of political intrigue which would occupy the remainder of his life. On two occasions he had to leave France for conspiring against the government of his mother and of Cardinal Richelieu; and after waging an unsuccessful war in Languedoc, he took refuge in Flanders. Reconciled with his brother Louis XIII, he plotted against Richelieu in 1635, fled from the country, and then submitted to the king and the cardinal.

Soon afterwards the same process repeated itself. Orleans stirred up Cinq-Mars to attempt Richelieu's murder, and then deserted his unfortunate accomplice (1642). In 1643, on the death of Louis XIII, Gaston became lieutenant-general of the kingdom, and fought against Spain on the northern frontiers of France; he was created duc d'AlenÁon in 1646. However, during the wars of the Fronde (1648?1653), he passed with great facility from one party to the other. Then exiled by Mazarin to Blois in 1652, he remained there until his death.

Gaston married Margaret Of LORRAINE on 31 Jan 1632 in Nancy. Margaret was born in 1615; died in 1672. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret Of LORRAINE was born in 1615; died in 1672.

Children:

Marie Anne Of ORLEANS was born on 09 Nov 1652 in Paris; died on 17 Aug 1695 in Blois.
Jean Gaston Duc DE VALOIS was born on 17 Aug 1650 in Paris; died on 10 Aug 1652 in Paris.
Marguerite Louise Of ORLEANS was born on 28 Jul 1645 in Paris; died on 17 Sep 1721 in Paris.
Elizabeth Of ORLEANS was born on 26 Dec 1646 in Paris; died on 17 Mar 1696 in Versailles.
1. Francoise Madeleine Of ORLEANS was born on 13 Oct 1648 in st. Germain-en-Laye; died on 14 Jan 1664 in Turin.