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Versailles and ),
Similarly, it was presented to various government officials, military and diplomatic, in the United States and in Europe ( 1919 1920 ), in opposition to the Russian Revolution, and to influence the terms of the peace settlement which resulted in the Treaty of Versailles.
Die Proklamation des Deutschen Kaiserreiches by Anton von Werner ( 1877 ), depicting the proclamation of the foundation of the German Reich ( 18 January 1871, Palace of Versailles ). Left, on the podium ( in black ): Crown Prince Frederick ( later Frederick III, German Emperor | Frederick III ), his father Emperor William I, German Emperor | William I, and Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden | Frederick I of Baden, proposing a toast to the new emperor. Centre ( in white ): Otto von Bismarck, first Chancellor of Germany, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian Chief of Staff.
That aggressive strategy worked as Germany pulled out of the League of Nations ( 1933 ), rejected the Versailles Treaty and began to re-arm ( 1935 ), won back the Saar ( 1935 ), remilitarized the Rhineland ( 1936 ), formed an alliance (" axis ") with Mussolini's Italy ( 1936 ), sent massive military aid to Franco in the Spanish Civil War ( 1936 39 ), seized Austria ( 1938 ), took over Czechoslovakia after the British and French appeasement of the Munich Agreement of 1938, formed a peace pact with Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union in August 1939, and finally invaded Poland in September 1939.
The divestiture of Germany's overseas colonies, along with three territories disentangled from its European homeland area ( the Free City of Danzig, Memel Territory, and Saar ), was accomplished in the Treaty of Versailles ( 1919 ), with the territories being allotted among the Allies on May 7 of that year.
There were three exceptions ; when reviewing Labour Clauses from a peace treaty such as the Treaty of Versailles ( which was done by a special chamber of 5 judges, appointed every 3 years ), when reviewing cases on communications or transport arising from a peace treaty ( which used a similar procedure ) and when hearing summary procedure cases, which were reviewed by a panel of 3 judges.
Germany had the largest submarine fleet in World War II, since the Treaty of Versailles had limited the surface navy of Germany to six battleships ( of less than 10, 000 tons each ), six cruisers and 12 destroyers.
Versailles is historically known for numerous treaties such as the Treaty of Paris ( 1783 ), which ended the American Revolutionary War and the Treaty of Versailles, after World War I.
The city ( commune ) of Versailles has an area of 26. 18 km² ( 10. 11 sq mi, or 6, 469 acres ), which is a quarter of the area of the city of Paris.
In 1999, Versailles had a population density of 3, 344 / km² ( 8, 660 / sq mi ), whereas Paris had a density of 20, 696 / km² ( 53, 602 / sq mi ).
* Jubilee ( Versailles album ), a 2010 album by Versailles
The Kentucky Bourbon Trail is the name of a tourism promotion intended to attract visitors to six distilleries in Kentucky: Four Roses ( Lawrenceburg ), Heaven Hill ( Bardstown ), Jim Beam ( Clermont ), Maker's Mark ( Loretto ), Wild Turkey ( Lawrenceburg ), and Woodford Reserve ( Versailles ).

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* Louis XV orders the construction of the Petit Trianon, in the park of the Palace of Versailles, for his mistress Madame de Pompadour.
* The Petit Trianon, originally designed for Madame de Pompadour, is completed in the park of the Palace of Versailles and inaugurated by Louis XV of France.
Marie Antoinette's daughter, Marie-Thérèse Charlotte, given the honorific title at birth of Madame Royale, was finally born at Versailles, after a particularly difficult labour, on 19 December 1778, following an ordeal where the queen literally collapsed from suffocation and hemorrhaging.
On 5 October, a mob from Paris descended upon Versailles and forced the royal family, along with the comte de Provence, his wife and Madame Elisabeth, to move to Paris under the watchful eye of the Garde Nationale.
Her official sponsor, Madame de Béarn, presented her to the Court at Versailles on 22 April 1769.
The hostess herself had gained a European reputation even before her journey to Poland, and to dine with Madame Geoffrin was by some people considered almost as great an honor as being presented at Versailles.
Louis XIV also had a pleasure pavilion, called the Trianon de porcelaine built for Madame de Montespan, and surrounded by gardens, on the site of the former hamlet of Trianon which he had purchased near the Palace of Versailles.
Louis d ' Orléans was born at the Palace of Versailles in 1703 to Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and his wife, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, the youngest legitimised daughter of Louis XIV and of his mistress Madame de Montespan.
:* Bureau à cylindre, c. 1773, delivered to Madame Adelaide, daughter of Louis XV, Versailles, Waddesdon Manor, UK
:* Commode, 1778, delivered for the King's sister, Madame Elisabeth, Versailles, Waddesdon Manor, UK
Madame des Ursins was resolved not to be a mere agent of Versailles.
Several of his mistresses, particularly Madame de Pompadour, who was introduced at the court of Versailles in 1745 on the occasion of the marriage of the Dauphin Louis, eventually eclipsed the Queen's social status.
The wedding ceremony took place on 19 May 1692 in the chapel of the Palace of Versailles, Madame de Montespan was not invited but all of Maine's siblings attended as well as the princes and princesses of the blood.
The marriage between Louis XIV and Madame de Maintenon was celebrated in his presence at Versailles, but there is no reason for supposing that the subsequent coolness between him and Madame de Maintenon arose from his insistence on secrecy in this matter.
Louis Henri was born at Versailles, the eldest son of Louis III, Prince of Condé and Louise Françoise de Bourbon, the eldest legitimised daughter of King Louis XIV and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan.
The couple were married in the chapel at the palace of Versailles and were descended from Louis XIV to the same degree ( their paternal great grandmothers were sisters, daughters of Madame de Montespan ).
Among Lemoyne's leading achievements in this class are Fontenelle ( at Versailles ), Voltaire, Latour ( all of 1748 ), the duc de la Vrillière ( Versailles ), comte de Saint-Florentin, and Crébillon ( Dijon Museum ); the actresses Mlle Chiron and Mlle Dangeville ( illustration, left ), both produced in 1761 and both at the Théâtre Français in Paris, and Madame de Pompadour, the work of the same year.
After the dismissal of Madame de Montespan and the arrival of her successor, Madame de Maintenon, who forbade any lavish entertainment at Versailles, the Palais-Royal was again a social highlight.
Because of her extreme youth, the marriage did not take place immediately and, instead, three days a week, she was a pupil at the Maison royale de Saint-Louis, the girl school Madame de Maintenon had founded in 1684 in Saint-Cyr, in the vicinity of Versailles.
The Orléans family, who had apartments at the Palace of Versailles, were later replaced by Françoise-Marie's sister ; the Duchess of Bourbon, Madame la Duchesse lived at the Trianon and later built the Palais Bourbon in Paris, the design of the palace being copied on that of the Trianon.
Born at the Château de Clagny in Versailles, Louis Alexandre de Bourbon was the third son and youngest child of Louis XIV born out-of-wedlock with Madame de Montespan.

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The art will come from multiple museums, including the Louvre, the Georges Pompidou Centre, the Musée d ' Orsay, Versailles, the Musée Guimet, the Musée Rodin, and the Musée du quai Branly.
" The vanishing man ", writes Pritchett, " who must be pursued from the rue Cassini toVersailles, Ville d ' Avray, Italy, and Vienna can construct a settled dwelling only in his work.
Before reaching Versailles, she also met her future brothers-in-law, Louis Stanislas Xavier, comte de Provence ; and Charles Philippe, comte d ' Artois, who came to play important roles during and after her life.
In the European Union and many other countries, the name Champagne is legally protected by the Treaty of Madrid ( 1891 ), which reserved it for the sparkling wine produced in the eponymous region and adhering to the standards defined for it as an Appellation d ' origine contrôlée ; the protection was reaffirmed in the Treaty of Versailles after World War I.
Louis Stanislas commissioned a pavilion for his mistress on a parcel that became known as the Parc Balbi, near the Pièce d ’ eau des Suisses and the Potager du Roi at Versailles.
A few minutes after midnight in the early hour of 31 July, warned by General Gresseau that Parisians were scheming to attack the residence, Charles X decided to leave Saint-Cloud and seek refuge in Versailles with his family, and the Court, with the exception of the duc dAngoulême who stayed behind with the troops, and the duchesse dAngoulême, who was taking the waters at Vichy.
The Marquis de Vérac, governor of the Palace of Versailles, came to meet the king before the royal cortège entered the town, to tell him that the palace was not safe, as the Versailles national guards wearing the tricolor were occupying the Place d ' Armes.
According to figures from 2003, some popular tourist sites include ( in visitors per year ): Eiffel Tower ( 6. 2 million ), Louvre Museum ( 5. 7 million ), Palace of Versailles ( 2. 8 million ), Musée d ' Orsay ( 2. 1 million ), Arc de Triomphe ( 1. 2 million ), Centre Pompidou ( 1. 2 million ), Mont-Saint-Michel ( 1 million ), Château de Chambord ( 711, 000 ), Sainte-Chapelle ( 683, 000 ), Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg ( 549, 000 ), Puy de Dôme ( 500, 000 ), Musée Picasso ( 441, 000 ), Carcassonne ( 362, 000 ).
Apparently intending to make only a brief visit to the Continent, Farinelli called at Paris on his way to Madrid, singing on 9 July at Versailles to King Louis XV, who gave him his portrait set in diamonds, and 500 louis d ' or.
The Treaty of Versailles allows France to use the Upper Rhine for hydroelectricity in the Grand Canal d ' Alsace.
Nicolas Godin studied architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure d ' Architecture de Versailles whereas Jean-Benoît Dunckel studied mathematics before forming a band in 1995.
An immense quantity of work at Versailles was entrusted to him, and in recognition of the successful execution of four figures for the Bains d ' Apollon, Le Brun induced the king to present his protégé personally with a purse of 300 louis, as a distinguishing mark of royal favour.
Louis Philippe d ' Orléans was born at the Palace of Versailles on 12 May 1725.
His family suffered a further disgrace when two younger members, the duc de Retz and the marquis d ' Alincourt were exiled for having homosexual relations in the gardens at Versailles.
In the 1920s he also donated a substantial amount towards the restoration and rehabilitation of major buildings in France after World War I, such as the Rheims Cathedral, the Château de Fontainebleau and the Château de Versailles, for which in 1936 he was awarded France's highest decoration, the Grand Croix of the Légion d ' honneur ( subsequently also awarded decades later-in 2000-to his son, David Rockefeller ).
* École Nationale Supérieure d ' Architecture de Versailles ( ENSAV ), for architecture ;
Louis was praised as a very charitable man ; in Versailles the now destroyed College d ' Orléans was named after him due to his generous patronage of the college's construction.
A stop at Versailles preceded an exhibition in Paris, where the Turk lost a match to Charles Godefroy de La Tour d ' Auvergne, the Duc de Bouillon.
She attended Jeanne d ' Arc Académie pour Jeunes Filles in Versailles and St. Hilda's School, a boarding school in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England.
* 21 May: Arrival of Peter I of Russia in Paris ; he visits the King, Versailles, the Regent, his daughter Marie Louise Élisabeth d ' Orléans ; he stays in Paris ; he does not see the Duchess of Orléans despite her pleas ; Peter stays at the Grand Trianon ;
The station opened on 24 March 1934 as part of extension of the line from Porte de Versailles to Mairie d ' Issy.
The chateau was designed in the style of Versailles to satisfy Leopold's wife, Élisabeth Charlotte d ' Orléans, the niece of Louis XIV, and became known as the " Versailles of Lorraine ".

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