Grand Trianon
Letizia Bonaparte When he became Emperor in 1804 Napoleon decided to give the Grand Trianon to his mother. Furniture was
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Madame de Pompadour’s Bed
Madame de Pompadour was the first official King’s mistress to come from the bourgeois business class, which did not go
Madame Victoire’s Bed
Adelaide’s sister Victoire had the adjoining apartment at Versailles. As with all the apartments at Versailles, the fabrics were changed
Madame Adelaide’s Bed
The only one of Louis XV’s daughters to marry was the eldest –Elisabeth. She married her second cousin, one of
Louis XV’s Daughters
Two years after Madame de Pompadour moved into the apartments of the Duke and Duchess of Penthièvre, Louis XV’s daughter
Germaine de Stael
Germaine de Stael had a particularly tumultuous love life including a crush on Napoleon in the early stages of his