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Article: Versailles
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- Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
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VERSAILLES
VERSAILLES.
The seat of the French monarchy from 1682 to 1789, Louis XIV's chateau at Versailles had its origins in a modest hunting lodge built in 1623 for his father, Louis XIII. When Louis XIV (ruled 1643
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1715) assumed personal control of the government in 1661, he embarked upon a building program at the site that continued almost unabated until his death. Versailles was first an intimate retreat for the king and then a royal residence for a still itinerant court before it became the permanent seat of the French royal family, court, and government in 1682. Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619
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1683), Louis XIV's indefatigable finance minister, was responsible for ...
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