Who was Versailles and what did he do?

Answer 1

It's not a person, it's a palace in France.

Answer 2

Louie the fourteenth after the French revolution seems to be the first "Lord of Versailles" in 1682 that did anything of note with Versailles, he moved the Capitol of France there At this time it was called Berceau-de-liberte. However there were many minor lords of Versailles prio to him, Versailles was a community, a territory of open plowed and seeded grounds that was used in the medevile days for agriculture and it was overseen by the Lords in that district.There was no "person" named Versailles it is the French word for "seeded" or "sown" which is-- "semailles"

Answer 3

Versailles and it's Gardens count among the most prestigious monuments of the world's artistic heritage and are certainly the finest and most complete achievement of 17th century French art. King Louis XIII's former hunting lodge was transformed and enlarged by his son Louis XIV, who installed his court and government here. The Château was embellished with new apartments during the 18th century, in the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI. The royal family and the court were forced to leave Versailles on October 6th 1789, after the first days of the French Revolution. In 1837, King Louis-Philippe inaugurated the Museum in the Château, devoted to glorious events in the history of France.

Answer 4

Not a who but a where:
Versailles was the unofficial capital city of the kingdom of France from May 1682 (King Louis XIV moves the court and government permanently to Versailles) until September 1715 (death of Louis XIV and regency, with the regent Philippe d'Orléans returning to Paris), and then again from June 1722 (when Louis XV returned to Versailles permanently) to October 1789 (when Louis XVI was forced to move back to Paris by the people of Paris). During the entire period, Paris remained the official capital city of France, and the official royal palace was the Palace of the Louvre, but in practice government affairs were conducted from Versailles, and Versailles was regarded as the real capital city.

Versailles became again the unofficial capital city of France from March 1871 (French government takes refuge in Versailles due to the insurrection of the Paris Commune) until November 1879 (newly elected left-wing republicans relocate government and parliament to Paris).

Versailles was made the préfecture (capital) of the Seine-et-Oise département at its inception in March 1790 (Seine-et-Oise had approximately 100,400 inhabitants at its creation). By the 1960s, with the growth of the Paris suburbs, the Seine-et-Oise département had reached almost 3 million inhabitants and was deemed too large and ungovernable, and thus it was split into three départements in January 1968. Versailles was made the préfecture of the Yvelines département, the largest chunk of the former Seine-et-Oise département. At the 1999 census the Yvelines département had 1,354,304 inhabitants.

Versailles is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (bishopric) which was created in 1790. The diocese of Versailles is subordinate to the archdiocese of Paris.

In 1975 Versailles was made the seat of a Court of Appeal whose jurisdiction covers the western suburbs of Paris.

Since 1972, Versailles has been the seat of one of France's 30 nationwide académies (districts) of the Ministry of National Education. The académie de Versailles, the largest of France's 30 académies by its number of pupils and students, is in charge of supervising all the elementary schools and high schools of the western suburbs of Paris.

Versailles is also an important node for the French army, a tradition going back to the monarchy, with for instance the military camp of Satory and other institutions.

Answer 5

It's the Palace of Versailles, and you might be referring to the Treaty of Versailles, which ended WWI and it was signed in the Palace of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles set up nine new nations including Poland,Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia. and required Germany to pay reparation costs, and admit to sole responsibility for starting the war.

Answer 6

wow okay versailles is the famous palace where King Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette lived until the french revolution it is the biggest palace in france and is extremely beautiful

Answer 7

Palace outside of Paris. Really, Really, Really big and worth the trian ride.