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Louis XIV

King of France and Navarre

1638 – 1715

The Grand Dauphin

Eldest son of Louis XIV

1661-1711

The Francine family

Intendants of Water and Fountains to the King

1623-1784

Count of La Pérouse

French navigator and explorer

1741-1788

The Gabriel Family

First Architects to the King

1667-1782

Charles Le Brun

First Painter to the King

1619-1690

Louis XVII

Dauphin of France

1785-1795

Madame de Montespan

An influential mistress

1640-1707

Mesdames

Daughters of France

1727-1800

Cardinal de Fleury

Prime Minister

1653-1743

Charles Perrault

Writer, Secretary of the Petite Académie

1628-1703

Jules Hardouin-Mansart

First Architect and Superintendant of Buildings to the King

1646-1708

André Charles Boulle

Cabinetmaker to the King

1642-1732

Madame Campan

Lady in Waiting to Marie Antoinette

1752-1822

Robert de Cotte

First Architect to the King

1656-1735

Frédéric Nepveu

Architect for the palaces of Versailles and Compiègne

1777- 1862

Louis Philippe I

King of the French

1773 – 1850

Jacques Louis David

First Painter to the Emperor

1748 - 1825

Rose Bertin

Dressmaker

1747-1813

Louvois

Superintendent of the King's Buildings

1641-1691

Joséphine de Beauharnais

Empress of the French

1763-1814

Madame de Maintenon

Secret wife of Louis XIV

1635-1719

Madame de Pompadour

Marquise de Pompadour

1721-1764

Louis XIII

King of France and Navarre

1601-1643

Madame du Barry

Countess du Barry

1743-1793

Louis XV

King of France and Navarre

1710-1774

Lully

The Sun King’s musician

1632-1687

Axel von Fersen

Count

1755-1810

François Gérard

Painter

1770-1837

Napoleon III

Emperor of the French

1808-1873

Louis Le Vau

First architect to the king

1612-1670

Princess Palatine

Duchess of Orléans

1652-1722

Turgot

Minister to Louis XVI

1727-1781

Sébastien Le Prestre, marquis de Vauban

Marshal of France

1633 – 1707

Marie Leszczynska

Queen of France

1703-1768

Madame de Polignac

Duchess of Polignac

1749-1793

Jacob-Desmalter

Cabinet maker

1770-1841

Charles Questel

Architect

1807-1888

Philippe I, Duke of Orléans

Monsieur, brother of Louis XIV

1640-1701

André Le Nôtre

Controller General of Buildings, Arts and Manufactures of France

1613-1700

Alexandre Lenoir

Conservator

1762 – 1839

Madame Élisabeth

Princess of the blood

1764-1794

Richard Mique

Intendant of Buildings

1728-1794

Antoine Jean Gros

Painter

1770-1835

Antoine Coysevox

Sculptor to the King

1640-1720

Jean Henri Riesener

Ordinary Cabinetmaker of Furniture for the Crown

1734-1806

François Girardon

First Sculptor to the King

1628-1715

La Grande Mademoiselle

Louis XIV’s rebellious cousin

1627-1693

Pierre Puget

Sculptor for the King’s Arsenal

1620-1694

Maria Theresa of Austria

Queen of France and Navarre

1638-1683

Antoine Augustin Parmentier

Member of the Agricultural Society

1737-1813

Guillaume Trepsat

Architect for the buildings of the Crown

1743-1813

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Comptroller-General of Finances

1619-1683

Saint-Simon

A memoir writer at Versailles

1675-1755

Louise de La Vallière

First official mistress of Louis XIV

1644 - 1710

Charles X

King of France and Navarre

1757-1836

Napoleon I

Emperor of the French

1769-1821

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

Portraitist of the Queen

1755 -1842

Hyacinthe Rigaud

Painter to the King

1659-1743

Louis XVI

King of France and Navarre

1754 - 1793

Jacques Necker

Leading Financier to Louis XVI

1732-1804

Marie Antoinette

Queen of France

1755-1793

Eugénie de Montijo

Empress of the French

1826–1920

Marie Louise

Empress of the French

1791-1847

Turenne

Marshal under Louis XIV

1611-1675

Madame Royale

Daughter of France

1778-1851

La Fayette

Marquis de La Fayette

1757–1834

Adélaïde d’Orléans

Princess of Orléans

1777-1847

Jean II Cotelle

Painter of the Grand Trianon

1646-1708

Louis XVIII

King of France and Navarre

1755 – 1824

Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Portraitist

1805–1873

Alexandre Dufour

Architect to the King

1756-1835