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Beds Location Guide

Loire Valley Amboise The Chateau of Amboise was the residence of François I from the age of three.  His predecessors

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Louis XIV’s Beds

During the reign of Louis XIV France was the premier power in Europe.   He was the first King since François

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François I’s Bed

François made considerable changes to the Loire Valley royal residences in Amboise and Blois.  He built a magnificent new hunting

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Madame de Maintenon’s Beds

The widow Scarron was the no-nonsense governess of Louis XIV’s children with his mistress Madame de Montespan.  Louis was grateful

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Louis XIV

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George Sand

Aurore Lucile Dupin, aka George Sand.  During a visit to her grandmother’s country chateau of Nohant her father died in

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Hôtel de Ville

Hotel de Ville – the original town hall built by François was the work of Italian architect Domenico de Cortona,

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Château de Chambord

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