Versailles Century

Versailles Century

On This Day

2 June 1741

From the Memoirs of the Duc de Luynes

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On this day, Louis XV leaves Versailles for his cousin’s château. Writing on Sunday 4 June, our diarist says:

“On Friday, the King left for the hunt and from there to go sleep at Rambouillet. The 2 sisters left in the afternoon in one of the King’s carriages. Mme de Mailly had come to the Queen the previous evening to ask for permission. Her week begins …

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