He was born in Paris and died in Amsterdam.
He was a claimant to the French and Spanish thrones.
His instructors may have also had a good hand in shaping Louis-Auguste into the indecisive king that he became.
Gaston's eldest daughter Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans 1627-1693 , Duchess of Montpensier, never married.
Married Louise Marie Therese d'Artois 1819-1864.
Like his mother and father, he thought that the Austrians were treacherous and the Prussians were overly ambitious.