Duke of Orléans

Also known as: Gaston d’Orléans / the duke · Family: French nobility · Role: duke · First appears: Chapter 1

Chapter 1

with Mazarin (Mazarin claims political control over Orléans.) “Both Orléans and Montargis are ours.”

enemies with Mazarin “He said this, madame: ‘Mazarin is a stumbling-block. Send him away and all will then be well.’”
younger kin: Louis XIV “The first prince of the blood, the king’s uncle!”
with Choisy (Choisy is described as the duke's favorite and influence over him.) “Monsieur is, as usual, led by his favorite; yesterday it was Choisy, to-day it is La Rivière, to-morrow it will be some one else.”
with La Rivière (La Rivière is described as the duke's favorite and influence over him.) “Monsieur is, as usual, led by his favorite; yesterday it was Choisy, to-day it is La Rivière, to-morrow it will be some one else.”

married with Duchess of Orléans “Gaston desired that he should be shown into the room wherein he was to sleep, without in the least concerning himself as to where his wife and daughter were to repose.”
child: Mademoiselle (Duke of Orléans is Gaston; Mademoiselle is identified earlier as the duke’s daughter in the same court group.) “Gaston desired that he should be shown into the room wherein he was to sleep, without in the least concerning himself as to where his wife and daughter were to repose.”

with Louis XIII (Duke of Orléans is identified as one of Louis XIII’s generals.) “The king is with us and his generals are the Duke of Orléans and the Prince de Condé”

Extracted from the original text of Twenty Years After. Made with Rho MD.