Prince Gaston, Dauphin of France
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Paris, France
| Prince Gaston of Orléans | |||||
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| Dauphin of France | |||||
 Prince Gaston on the day he was baptised, 2010. | |||||
| Born | 19 November 2009 Paris, France | ||||
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| House | Orléans | ||||
| Father | Jean, Count of Paris | ||||
| Mother | Philomena de Tornos y Steinhart | ||||
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Prince Gaston of Orléans, Count of Clermont, Dauphin of France (Gaston Louis Antoine Marie; born 19 November 2009[1]) is a member of the House of Orléans as the eldest son of Jean, Count of Paris and Philomena, Countess of Paris. Gaston is heir to the Orléanist claim to the defunct French throne as the titular Dauphin of France.[2]
Prince Gaston d'Orléans was born on 19 November 2009 in Paris, the first child of the Duke and Duchess of Vêndome. He was baptised on 8 December 2009 at the Basilica of Saint Clotilde in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. His godparents were Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême (paternal uncle), Magdalena Tornos (maternal aunt), Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro, Princess Astrid of Belgium, Count François-Pierre de Feydeau, and Magdalena, Countess of Abra. Gaston was followed by Princess Antoinette, Princess Louise-Marguerite, Prince Joseph, Princess Jacinthe,[3] and Prince Alphonse.[4]
Gaston is a direct male-line descendant of Louis Philippe I, the last French king, and thus of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, the younger brother of Louis XIV and founder of the Orléans line. Gaston also descends from Charles X, brother of Louis XVI; and the Bourbons of Spain, the Two Sicilies and Parma.
Orléanist heir
On 21 January 2019, Henri, Count of Paris died, and Gaston's father succeeded him as Orléanist pretender to the defunct French throne.[5] Gaston became heir with the pretended titles of Dauphin of France and Count of Clermont.
Engagements
He made his first official engagement as the Orléanist heir by attending with his parents, on May 2, 2019, at the Château d'Amboise, the meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron, and President of Italy Sergio Mattarella.[6]
Gaston accompanied his father at the Reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris in 2024.[7]
