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Meeting place. Hôtel des Menus-Plaisirs, Versailles. The Estates General of 1789 ( French: États Généraux de 1789) was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobility (Second Estate), and the commoners (Third Estate). It was the last of the Estates General of the Kingdom of France.
Nicolas-Félix Van Dievoet (/ ˈ d iː v ʊ t /) called Vandive (/ v ɒ̃ d ɪ v /), écuyer, (c.1710–1792) was a French court official. He was court clerk at the Grand Conseil (1743) and of the Conseil du Roi (King's Council), lawyer at the Parlement of Paris (Parliament of Paris) (cited in 1761) and conseiller notaire et secrétaire Maison et Couronne de France près la Cour du Parlement ...
Cour royale. The appartement du roi or King's Apartment[ 1] is the suite of rooms in the Palace of Versailles that served as the living quarters of Louis XIV. Overlooking the Marble Court ( cour de marbre ), these rooms are situated in the oldest part of the chateau in rooms originally designated for use by the queen in Louis XIII 's chateau.
The Conseil du Roi ( French pronunciation: [kɔ̃sɛj dy ʁwa]; ' King's Council' ), also known as the Royal Council, is a general term for the administrative and governmental apparatus around the King of France during the Ancien Régime designed to prepare his decisions and to advise him. It should not be confused with the role and title of a ...
Charles Pierre Claret, comte de Fleurieu ( / ˈflɜːriɜː / FLUH-ree-uhh) (2 July 1738 – 18 August 1810) was a French Navy officer, explorer, hydrographer and politician. He served as Minister of the Navy under Louis XVI, and was a member of the Institut de France. His brother was botanist Marc Antoine Louis Claret de La Tourrette .
This is a list of association football families. The countries are listed according to the national teams of the senior family member if the other family member played for a different country.
The Bâtiments du Roi was created by Henry IV of France to coordinate the building works at his royal palaces. Formerly, each palace had its own superintendent of works. Henry gave the task of supervising all works to Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully . In the 17th century, the responsibilities of the Bâtiments du Roi extended beyond pure ...