Show A famous palace the chateau de rambouillet which I 1 is now the favorite residence of the president of the french republic has a history remote from the literary fad of the eighteenth century which has made the word rambouillet significant of an epoch of french culture it was in this chateau that francis I 1 breathed hia last and charles X was deserted in his death it is not generally known however ever how louis XVI became its proprietor until 1785 rambouillet Rani bouillet belonged to the due de Pent hiew grandson of muis louis XIV and mine ame de montespan Mont louis XVI wished very much to possess it this desire became a fixed passion which was augmented by his dislike of its owner but one day he declared the possession of rambouillet would be the happiness of my life to which the duke graciously replied pod god forbid that I 1 should be the cauce of your unhappiness sire rambouillet is yours on your own terms the prim price fixed was 11 francs of which 6 were paid the next day in gold from tile the royal treasury tm abury |