{"id":13313,"date":"2019-12-03T17:04:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T16:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/the-residence-of-kings\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T16:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T15:00:30","slug":"the-residence-of-kings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/en\/castle-fontainebleau-journey\/the-residence-of-kings\/","title":{"rendered":"The Residence of Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13313\" class=\"elementor elementor-13313 elementor-4514\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2938353 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2938353\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9217a9d\" data-id=\"9217a9d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dd7da6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3dd7da6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-escalier-fer-a-cheval-10-1-768x513.png\" class=\"attachment-elementor-768-ratio size-elementor-768-ratio wp-image-78115\" alt=\"The Horseshoe Staircase: one out of the 10 good reasons to visit the Chateau de Fontainebleau!\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-escalier-fer-a-cheval-10-1-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-escalier-fer-a-cheval-10-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-escalier-fer-a-cheval-10-1-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-escalier-fer-a-cheval-10-1-1536x1026.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-escalier-fer-a-cheval-10-1-90x60.png 90w, https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-escalier-fer-a-cheval-10-1.png 1656w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e328009\" data-id=\"e328009\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7e73a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7e73a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As you cross the iron gate dominated by its imperial eagles, you come across the\u00a0<em>Cour d\u2019Honneur<\/em>\u00a0(Court of Honour) and an architectural diversity that is so intrinsic to Fontainebleau. It is bordered to the North by the Ministers Wing dating from the Renaissance, easily recognisable by the F for Fran\u00e7ois I, and to the south by the Louis XV Wing built in the 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u202fcentury. The background is overshadowed by a 16<sup>th<\/sup>\u202fcentury building that was modified several times and features a grandiose horseshoe staircase built in the reign of Louis XII. <strong>It was there in 1814 that Napoleon I gave his famous \u2018Farewell to the Old Guard\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e406f18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e406f18\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9dabeab\" data-id=\"9dabeab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aef9a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2aef9a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b5644c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b5644c9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73d7911\" data-id=\"73d7911\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f9bd2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f9bd2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This wing houses the Chapel of the Trinity. <strong>Several royal weddings were celebrated under the vaulted ceiling painted by Henri V\u2019s painter Martin Fr\u00e9minet,<\/strong> such as that of Louis XV and Marie Leczynska in 1725. It was in this same chapel that the future Napoleon III was baptised in the arms of his uncle in 1810.<\/p><p>To link the chapel to his apartments, Fran\u00e7ois I<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>built a spectacular gallery whose panelling, stuccoes and <strong>frescoes by Italians Rosso and Primaticcio form a decor which left a lasting impression on European artistry and created the \u2018School of Fontainebleau\u2019. <\/strong><\/p><p>Just a little further on leads to the Ballroom between the courtyard and the gardens &#8211; a place of merriment and a feast for the eyes in the form of Nicolo dell&#8217;Abate\u2019s lavish paintings made at the request of Henry II and Catherine de Medici. In inviting the Italian artists they were so fond of, the patronage of kings made <strong>the Ch\u00e2teau de Fontainebleau an epicentre of the Renaissance and Humanism.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7641a3\" data-id=\"c7641a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbd244c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cbd244c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-fontainebleau.rec-.faire-savoir.com-galerie-franaois-ier-guillaume-fleurent-scaled-1-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-voyage-coeur-carre size-voyage-coeur-carre wp-image-68331\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-fontainebleau.rec-.faire-savoir.com-galerie-franaois-ier-guillaume-fleurent-scaled-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-fontainebleau.rec-.faire-savoir.com-galerie-franaois-ier-guillaume-fleurent-scaled-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23d351e 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-490a298 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"490a298\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8702e10\" data-id=\"8702e10\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a18ff24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a18ff24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-fontainebleau.rec-.faire-savoir.com-les-salles-renaissance-chambre-duchesse-detampe-2-b.lecuyer-bibal-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-voyage-coeur-carre size-voyage-coeur-carre wp-image-68336\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-fontainebleau.rec-.faire-savoir.com-les-salles-renaissance-chambre-duchesse-detampe-2-b.lecuyer-bibal-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-fontainebleau.rec-.faire-savoir.com-les-salles-renaissance-chambre-duchesse-detampe-2-b.lecuyer-bibal-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr-fontainebleau.rec-.faire-savoir.com-les-salles-renaissance-chambre-duchesse-detampe-2-b.lecuyer-bibal-59x60.jpg 59w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22eeec0\" data-id=\"22eeec0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e2f234 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e2f234\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fontainebleau&#8217;s d\u00e9cor is testament to centuries of changing tastes and customs. The majestic sensual elegance of the large Renaissance stuccoed female nudes on the King&#8217;s Staircase (commissioned by Louis XV) is a reminder that this used to be the location of <strong>the bedroom belonging to the Duchess d&#8217;\u00c9tampes, mistress of Fran\u00e7ois I<\/strong>. The Saint Louis Rooms located in <strong>the keep are reminiscent of the castle\u2019s medieval past<\/strong>. The nearby \u2018oval office\u2019 was designed by the Flemish painter Ambroise Dubois at the request of Henri IV and was the scene of Louis XIII\u2019s birth.<\/p><p>Moving further on, you come across the <strong>Galerie de Diane (Diana Gallery) that was transformed into a library under Napoleon III<\/strong>. You then enter the sumptuous Empress Room which has been occupied by every ruler from Marie de Medici to Empress Eugenie. The splendid bed is crowned by the figure of cupid with his finger pressed to his lips. It was originally intended for Marie-Antoinette, but it was Josephine, the wife of Napoleon I who used it. The Queen or Empress could go directly from her room to her private apartments in order to take a break from the stuffy confines of court etiquette in a more cosy setting. The Boudoir d\u2019Argent (Silver Boudoir) created by Marie-Antoinette is an example of an extremely refined d\u00e9cor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b17de8b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b17de8b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b789b5\" data-id=\"2b789b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea9c033 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ea9c033\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0094079 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0094079\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fb9e90\" data-id=\"6fb9e90\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1559af4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1559af4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The doors open into the <strong>King&#8217;s bedroom<\/strong> which the courtiers accessed by passing through the antechambers and study. <strong>Napoleon I transformed it into a throne room<\/strong> &#8211; the only surviving example in France today.<\/p><p>At Fontainebleau, rulers preserved the heritage of past centuries while adapting the place for their own means. This is the fusion that <strong>Napoleon I describes in his memoirs as \u201c\u202f<em>the true home of Kings<\/em>\u202f\u201c.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b8df9e\" data-id=\"1b8df9e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78d98cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"78d98cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/fontainebleau.rec.faire-savoir.com-salle-du-trone--jerome-schwab-768x510.jpg\" class=\"attachment-elementor-768-ratio size-elementor-768-ratio wp-image-4458\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/fontainebleau.rec.faire-savoir.com-salle-du-trone--jerome-schwab-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/fontainebleau.rec.faire-savoir.com-salle-du-trone--jerome-schwab-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/fontainebleau.rec.faire-savoir.com-salle-du-trone--jerome-schwab-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/fontainebleau.rec.faire-savoir.com-salle-du-trone--jerome-schwab-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/fontainebleau.rec.faire-savoir.com-salle-du-trone--jerome-schwab-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/fontainebleau.rec.faire-savoir.com-salle-du-trone--jerome-schwab-90x60.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you cross the iron gate dominated by its imperial eagles, you come across the\u00a0Cour d\u2019Honneur\u00a0(Court of Honour) and an architectural diversity that is so intrinsic to Fontainebleau. It is bordered to the North by the Ministers Wing dating from the Renaissance, easily recognisable by the F for Fran\u00e7ois I, and to the south by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":166506,"parent":13345,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[303],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13313","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-experience"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The home of kings, the house of ages - Ch\u00e2teau de Fontainebleau<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The ch\u00e2teau de Fontainebleau was inhabited continuously for eight centuries. 36 monarchs left their trace there. 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