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    The Château du Raincy was constructed between 1643 and 1650 by Jacques Bordier, intendant des finances, on the site of a Benedictine priory on the road...
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    17th and 18th century, Raincy was known primarily as location of the Château du Raincy, now demolished. The commune of Le Raincy was created on 20 May...
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    the Palais Royal. Their private residences then became the Château du Raincy and the Château de Sainte-Assise at Seine-Port. Before the court was officially...
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    During two years he was now employed in painting altar-pieces in the château du Raincy, landscapes, etc. His death was caused by an attack of apoplexy followed...
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    The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (French pronunciation: [ʃato də vo lə vikɔ̃t]) is a Baroque French château located in Maincy, near Melun, 55 kilometres...
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    Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, aka Monsieur and 29 November 1664 at the Château du Raincy, for the veteran of the Fronde, Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti...
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    visited the Duke of Orléans (soon to become "Philippe Égalité") in the Château du Raincy. He returned to Rheinsberg in good time in March 1789, before the...
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    regiment officer. In 1769, Louis Philippe sold Bagnolet and bought the Château du Raincy, located less than ten miles east from the center of Paris. The same...
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    designed country houses, including the Château de Livry (c. 1640–1645), later known as the Château du Raincy. In 1654, his career was advanced through...
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  • 1784. the château de Bagnolet, bought in 1719 by the Regent and re-sold in 1769 by Louis Philippe d'Orléans (1725-1785). the château du Raincy, bought by...
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