and formed the focal point of the daily life of the court during the Ancien Régime (Bluche, 1986, 1991; Petitfils, 1995; Solnon, 1987). The château's first...

domestic, and religious entourage of the French royal family during the Ancien Régime and Bourbon Restoration. The exact composition and duties of its various...

but as well as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime. The earliest mention of the name of Versailles is found in a document...

Under the Ancien Régime, the goods of the House of Orléans (biens de la maison d'Orléans) comprised two distinct parts : the apanage and the "biens patrimoniaux"...

Brazilian throne since 1921. It became a tradition during France's ancien régime for the Duchy of Orléans to be granted as an appanage to a younger (usually...

specialising in history paintings of public events and battles of the Ancien Régime (such as the Battle of the Dunes) and the medieval period (such as Montgisard...

the royal estate in a state that best reflects that of the end of the Ancien Régime. From a functional point of view, the gate must, first of all, serve...

It was called "La Chapelle-Franciade" during the French Revolution. It is sometimes called "La Chapelle-Saint-Denis" or "La Chapelle-Sainte-Geneviève"...

The 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, sometimes called the Treaty of Aachen, ended the War of the Austrian Succession, following a congress assembled on...

Penthièvre was in the possession of several noble families during the Ancien Régime. It has been used twice within the House of Bourbon, once as a comté...

Vichy France (French: Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State (État français), was the French rump state headed by...

designed to illustrate the tyrannical character of the absolutism of the Ancien Régime, held that the president of the parlement began to address the king...

Louis, still aged only 25 (ribbons were much less numerous under the Ancien Régime and reserved for older officers with at least 25 years' service as an...

main repository of the regalia of the Kingdom of France, including the ancien régime portion of what are now known as the French Crown Jewels. Its surviving...

1737(1737-12-01) (aged 59) Château de Rambouillet, France Burial 25 November 1783 Chapelle royale de Dreux, France Spouse Marie Victoire de Noailles Issue Detail Louis...

Chartres. The Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture occupied the Palais Brion from 1661 to 1691 and shared it with the Académie Royale d'Architecture from...

later, on 24 December, Darlan was assassinated by Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, a 20-year-old monarchist and anti-Vichyiste. Darlan was born in Nérac...

treatment of his family, the cadet branch of the House of Bourbon under the Ancien Régime, caused friction between him and Louis XVIII, and he openly sided with...

ministres de Louis XIV: Alliances et réseau d'influence sous l'Ancien Régime, coll. " Histoire ". Presses universitaires de Rennes. ISBN 978-2-7535-3211-3...

the external gate, these were La Chapelle, Trésor, Comté, Bazinière, Bertaudière, Liberté, Puits and Coin. La Chapelle contained the Bastille's chapel...

ensuing debt and financial crisis contributed to the unpopularity of the Ancien Régime. This led to the convening of the Estates General of 1789. Discontent...

In the 1740s, Menon first used the term, but the cooking of Vincent La Chapelle and François Marin was also considered modern. In the 1960s, Henri Gault...

Orientalism in Early Modern France: Eurasian Trade, Exoticism, and the Ancien Régime. Berg Publishers. ISBN 9781847884633. Berger, Robert W. (1985). Versailles:...

read or write, were held in lower esteem than their colleagues in the Chapelle royale and in the Maison du roi. However, some musicians belonged to two or...

The French Royal Army (French: Armée Royale Française) was the principal land force of the Kingdom of France. It served the Bourbon dynasty from the reign...

and son both left France after the storming of the Bastille. As the Ancien Régime crumbled, she took the name Citoyenne Vérité (Citizeness Truth) and...

Michel Le Clerc, Jacques Pradon, Jean Galbert de Campistron, Jean de La Chapelle, Antoine d'Aubigny de la Fosse, l'abbé Charles-Claude Geneste, Prosper...

publication. 1780 - Route Royale Nice-Turin [fr] paved. 1783 - Cimetière du Château (cemetery) established. 1784 - Chapelle du Saint-Sépulcre de Nice [fr]...

Révolution française, Paris, Robert Laffont, 1987, p. 627-628. Base Mérimée: Chapelle Cathelineau, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French).  This article incorporates...

Historique du 81e de Ligne, ancien 6e Léger "L'Intrépide" cy-devant Périgord, La Marche, Conti, L'un des Régiment des Princes, Légion Royale, Chasseurs des Alpes...