The Château du Grand Jardin was a maison de plaisance attached to the seat at Joinville, Haute-Marne, France, of Claude de Lorraine, duc de Guise, who built it between 1533 and 1546 as a grand pavilio
Château du Grand Jardin
The restored parterre planted with exotic tropicals in silver and bronze, combines 16th-century and 19th-century garden styles
Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis X
Portrait by Jean Clouet, c. 1527–30
Francis I painted in 1515
Francis I receiving the last breath of Leonardo da Vinci in 1519, by Ingres, painted in 1818
Francis's Château de Chambord displays a distinct French Renaissance architecture.