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Louis, Dauphin of France (1 November 1661 – 14 April 1711), commonly known as le Grand Dauphin, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Louis XIV and his spouse, Maria Theresa of Spain. He became known as the Grand Dauphin after the birth of his own son, Louis, Duke of Burgundy , the Petit Dauphin.
Famous past residents include: Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Duchess of Étampes; the Cardinal of Lorraine, Abel Servien; François Michel Le Tellier, Marquis of Louvois and Louis, Grand Dauphin, also known as Monseigneur, who linked the Chaville Castle to Meudon Castle. The Château-Vieux (Old Castle) burned down in 1795 and was rebuilt as the ...
This was another way of addressing Le Grand Dauphin, the only legitimate son of Louis XIV. After the death of le Grand Dauphin, the heir apparent to the throne of France for half a century, the style of Monseigneur was not used again to describe the dauphin himself. Rather, it became the style used by his sons as prefix to their peerages.
Hyacinthe de Gauréault Dumont (or Du Mont), called Dumont (1647 - 16 March 1726) was a French administrator.. First chamber valet of Monseigneur, son of Louis XIV, he was appointed governor of the Château de Meudon from 1706 until his death.
He was the eldest son of Parisian goldsmith Philippe Van Dievoet (1654 – 1738), originally from Brussels, Counsellor to the King, and Goldsmith to the King and the Dauphin, who traded as "Vandive". Guillaume Vandive was the nephew of the sculptor Peter Van Dievoet (1661 – 1729) of Brussels.
Guy Fieri's Trattoria is the latest of 18 concepts and nearly 100 restaurants bearing the celebrity chef's name. They serve barbecue, sandwiches, tacos, chicken, burgers and other dishes, largely ...
Many designers were required at the Menus-Plaisirs. From the sixteenth century on, a main responsibility of court architects in Europe was the occasional design of lavish ephemeral settings for processional entries, for masques and ballets, for the structures that supported fireworks and illuminations on nights of grand fêtes for dynastic marriages and births, or to design the catafalque for ...
On April 19, Tijuana Flats, a chain of fast-casual Tex-Mex restaurants, announced it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and closed 11 restaurants. Flatheads, LLC. is now acquiring the restaurant ...