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Versailles — Royal town in the Yvelines, seat of the court
A town born around Louis XIV’s château, seat of the court and government until the October Days of 1789. (Editorial synthesis)
Versailles is located in Yvelines. (source: INSEE, Code officiel géographique)
7 people born in Versailles are recorded: Charles X, Lazare Hoche, Louis XVIII, Louis XVI, Louis XV, the Dauphin Louis Ferdinand, and the Duke of Burgundy.
9 people who died in Versailles are recorded: Joseph Gallieni, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louvois, Madame de Pompadour, Maria Theresa of Spain, Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, Marie Leszczyńska, and Philippe d’Orléans.
9 events that took place in Versailles are recorded: the abolition of privileges, the adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the Code noir, the constitutional laws of 1875, the court’s move to Versailles, the death of Louis XIV, the opening of the Estates General, the Tennis Court Oath, and the Treaty of Versailles.
Recorded place located in Versailles: the Palace of Versailles.
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