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perche du roi carrée: 324 ~34.19 m 2 ~40.89 sq yd This square perch was used in Quebec and Louisiana. It is a square 18 pieds du roi on each side. vergée (du roi) 8100 ~854.7 m 2 ~1022 sq yd A square 5 perches du roi on each side. acre (du roi), or arpent carré: 32 400 ~3419 m 2 ~4089 sq yd, or ~0.8448 acres A square 10 perches du roi on
First page of the Compte rendu au Roi. The Compte rendu (full name Compte rendu au Roi, translated as "Report to the King") was a document published in February 1781 by Jacques Necker, finance minister to King Louis XVI, in which he presented the state of France's finances.
The Conseil du Roi (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃sɛj dy ʁwa]; 'King's Council'), also known as the Royal Council, is a general term for the administrative and governmental apparatus around the King of France during the Ancien Régime designed to prepare his decisions and to advise him.
The Maison du Roi (French pronunciation: [mɛzɔ̃ dy ʁwa], 'King's Household') was the royal household of the King of France. It comprised the military, domestic, and religious entourage of the French royal family during the Ancien Régime and Bourbon Restoration .
The crowd in the chambre du Roi can be estimated from Saint-Simon's remark of the King's devotions, which followed: the King knelt at his bedside "where all the clergy present knelt, the cardinals without cushions, all the laity remaining standing". The King then passed into the cabinet where all those who possessed any court office attended him.
The Menus-Plaisirs du Roi (French pronunciation: [məny pleziʁ dy ʁwa]) was, in the organisation of the French royal household under the Ancien Régime, the department of the Maison du Roi responsible for the "lesser pleasures of the King", which meant in practice that it was in charge of all the preparations for ceremonies, events and festivities, down to the last detail of design and order.
Refuge du Roc de la Pêche is a refuge in the Alps 45°19′40″N 6°41′29″E / 45.32778°N 6.69139°E / 45.32778; 6 This article about a French building or structure is a stub .
The Pavillon du Roi (French pronunciation: [pavijɔ̃ dy ʁwa]) was a tower-like structure built in the mid-16th century at the southern end of the Lescot Wing of the Louvre Palace. On its main floor ( piano nobile ) was the primary apartment of the king of France .