Orléans (US: / ˌ ɔːr l eɪ ˈ ɒ̃, ˌ ɔːr l i ˈ ɑː n, ɔːr ˈ l eɪ ə n z/; [5 ] [6 ] [7 ] [8 ] French: [ɔʁleɑ̃] ) is a city in north-central France, about 120 kilometres (74 miles) southwest of Paris.
Anne Marie d'Orléans (27 August 1669 - 26 August 1728) was Queen of Sardinia by marriage to King Victor Amadeus II. She served as regent of Savoy during the absence of her spouse in 1686 and during the War of the Spanish Succession. [1 ]
Gaston, duke d’Orléans was a prince who readily lent his prestige to several unsuccessful conspiracies and revolts against the ministerial governments during the reign of his brother, King Louis XIII (ruled 1610–43), and the minority of his…