France: Pre-RevolutionBPS 2015

The Royals

Louis XIV

Le Roi

de

Soleil

1643 - 1715

Louis XV

Louis the Beloved

1715 - 1774

Louis XVIDuc de Berry

Dauphin of FranceKing of Navarre and France

1754 - 1793

Marie AntoinetteArchduchess of Austria

Queen of France and Navarre

The ChurchThe First Estate

NobilityThe Second Estate

The PeasantsThe Third Estate

Versailles: The Royal Palace of France

Versailles

VersaillesIt is not a palace,

It is a whole town.

Magnificent in scale;

Magnificent in substance.

-Charles Perrault

The Versailles Estate includes The Palace, the Grand Trianon, the gardens, and Marie-Antoinette’s estate.

It is 1,976 acres in size. (UNCC is 1000 acres.) There are approximately 200,000 trees , 2153 windows, 700 rooms, and 67 staircases at Versailles.

It is 16 miles away from Paris.

Le Petit Trianon