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    Tellier, Marquis of Louvois and Louis, Grand Dauphin, also known as Monseigneur, who linked the Chaville Castle to Meudon Castle. The Château-Vieux (Old Castle)...
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    conspiracy.[citation needed] From the end of 1680 onwards, Louvois, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, and Madame de Maintenon all helped to hush up the affair in order...
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    mistresses, Madame de Pompadour and then Madame du Barry. Madame Sophie enjoyed the Château de Bellevue in Meudon and the Château de Louvois [fr] in Marne...
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    letter under Louvois' dictation, while someone else, very likely Louvois, added the name afterward. Dauger was arrested by Captain Alexandre de Vauroy, garrison...
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    Goulet de Brest. Construction of Fort Louvois took three years and was completed under the engineer Henri-Albert Bouillet. In 1755 Fort Louvois saw modifications...
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  • castles or château forts in the region in northern France. List of castles in France List of châteaux in France Base Mérimée: Château de Doumely, Ministère...
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  • The château de Maulnes, is a 16th-century, Renaissance-style château located in Cruzy-le-Châtel in the department of Yonne, France. This château was built...
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    Château d'Ancy-le-Franc is a Renaissance-style château of the 16th century located in the town of Ancy-le-Franc in the department of Yonne, in France....
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    Manoir de Matval, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Château de Matval. Base Mérimée: Château de Matval...
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    Fils de France ("Son of France") he was entitled to the style of Royal Highness. He was baptised on 24 March 1662 at the chapel of the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye...
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    under the administration of Abbott Camille le Tellier de Louvois, the minister's son. The Abbé Louvois was succeeded by Jean-Paul Bignon, who in 1721 seized...
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    de La Rochefoucauld, 1st Duke of Doudeauville, and heiress Bénigne-Augustine Le Tellier de Louvois. His sister was Françoise Charlotte Ernestine de La...
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    Mérimée: Château de Barbezieux, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Base Mérimée: Château de Barbezieux (1), Ministère français de la Culture...
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    Villefranche; 18 men at Château de Salces[dubious – discuss]; 12 women at Belle-Île-en-Mer; ten men at Château de Besançon; 14 women at St André de Salins [fr];...
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  • family House at Chaville Château de Chaville Hôtel Louvois (Paris) Hôtel de Lauzun (Paris) Filles-Bleues Church of the Pères de la Merci (Paris). (Porch...
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    Boursault Château de Dormans, in Dormans Château d'Épernay, in Épernay Château de Gueux in Gueux Château de Louvois, in Louvois Château de Mareuil, in...
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    The Canal de l'Eure, made necessary by the insufficient water supply for the Château de Versailles and the water features of its gardens, was designed...
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    During the 1666 to 1667 War of Devolution, Condé proposed to the Marquis de Louvois, the Minister of War, a plan for seizing Franche-Comté, the execution...
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    of the Château de Clagny, built for Madame de Montespan (1674–1680)] Château de Dampierre Château de Marly Pavillon Mansart in Vanves Chateau du Val in...
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    Duke of Étampes, but is also simply known as César de Vendôme. Born in June 1594 at the Château de Coucy in the Picardy region of France, César was the...
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  • including: The Château de Champs-sur-Marne gardens (the chateau pictured below) The Château de Janvry The Château of Lésigny The Château de Maisons-Laffitte...
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    Ambroise-Polycarpe de La Rochefoucauld, 1st Duke of Doudeauville, and the heiress Bénigne-Augustine Le Tellier de Louvois. His aunt, Françoise Charlotte Ernestine de La...
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    Choisy (Kimball 1943, p 38) The Château de Meudon (demolished) was the property of Anne de Souvré, widow of Louvois. The sculpture, which had been commissioned...
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    rank." Places where Massialot served banquets included the Château de Sceaux, the Château de Meudon, and Versailles. An innovation in Massialot's book...
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    (Charente), he was the third son of the Marquis de Louvois, War Minister to Louis XIV. After the death of Louvois, Louis XIV appointed Barbezieux to succeed...
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    François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort (16 January 1616 – 25 June 1669) was the son of César, Duke of Vendôme, and Françoise de Lorraine. He was a prominent...
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  • Claude Pinart, Marquis de Louvois, Vicomte de Comblizy, and a daughter Madeleine (d. 6 April 1654 in Paris), who married Charles de Prunelé, Baron d'Esneval...
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    speculation. The plan did not materialize, and Louis XIV's Minister of Finance, Louvois, purchased the piece of ground, with the object of building a square, modelled...
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    daughter (Château de Saint-Cloud, 12 or 13 July 1745 – 14 December 1745, Château de Saint-Cloud); Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans (Château de Saint-Cloud...
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    of the gardens of Château de Meudon for François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, and in 1691 redid the garden of the Hôtel de Saint-Aignan in Paris...
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