Prince Gaston, Count of Eu
| Gaston d'Orléans | |
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| Imperial consort of Brazil | |
| Pretence | 5 December 1891 – 14 November 1921 |
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28 April 1842 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Died | 28 August 1922 (aged 80) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Burial | Cathedral of São Pedro de Alcântara, Petrópolis, Brazil |
| Spouse | Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil |
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| House | Orléans |
| Father | Louis, Duke of Nemours |
| Mother | Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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Royal styles of Gaston, Count of Eu |
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Gaston d'Orléans (28 April 1842 – 28 August 1922), the first son of Louis, Duke of Nemours, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was a French prince and military commander who fought in the Spanish-Moroccan War and the Paraguayan War. Gaston was married to Princess Isabel, heiress to the Brazilian throne.
Gaston was born Louis Philippe Marie Ferdinand Gaston d'Orléans (Portuguese: Luís Filipe Maria Fernando Gastão de Orleães) on 28 April 1842 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris. He was the eldest son of Louis, the Duke of Nemours and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His paternal grandparents were King Louis Philippe I, King of the French, and Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies, and his maternal grandparents were Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Maria Antonia of Koháry.
A member of the French royal family, Gaston belonged to the House of Orléans, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon, that in turn belonged to the Capetian Dynasty. A Prince of Orléans, he was titled Count of Eu (comte d'Eu) at birth by his grandfather, King Louis Philippe.
He was a first cousin once removed of both the British Monarch Queen Victoria and of her husband Albert, Prince Consort, through his mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
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