Château de Saint-Cloud
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The château de Saint-Cloud was a château in France, built on a site overlooking the Seine at Saint-Cloud in Hauts-de-Seine, about 5 kilometres west of Paris. The gardens survive, and the estate is now
The château and gardens, c. 1720
View of a design for Saint-Cloud
The Grotto at Saint-Cloud, by Israël Silvestre
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Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
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Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, was the younger son of King Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, and the younger brother of King Louis XIV. He was the founder of the House of Orléans, a cadet branch
Château de Saint-Cloud
…about 5 kilometres (3 miles) west of Paris. The gardens survive, and the estate is now known as the parc de Saint-Cloud. The château was expanded by Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, in the 17th century and by Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France and Navarre, in the 1780s. In the 19th century it was used by Napoleon Bonaparte, the…
Portrait by Pierre Mignard
Philippe and his elder brother, the future Louis XIV, by an unknown painter
Portrait sent by Anne of Austria to her brother, Philip IV, c. 1650 by Jean Nocret
Philippe dressed for his brother's coronation, c. 1654 by an unknown artist