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Charles, Prince of Soubise

Versailles, 16 Jul 1715 – Hôtel de Soubise, 4 Jul 1787

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Facts and their sources

  • Born16 Jul 1715, Versaillesor 17 Jul 1715Records disagree1 source
  • TitleGrand Butler of Francenot verified1 source
  • Died4 Jul 1787, Hôtel de Soubiseor 1 Jul 1787Records disagree1 source

A life in time

  1. 16 Jul 1715

    Born in Versailles

  2. 7 Oct 1737

    A daughter is born

  3. 4 Jul 1787

    Dies in Hôtel de Soubise, aged 71

Family

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During his lifetime

He lived through 8 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Versailles.

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The 1710s · Charles, is born in Versailles

In the news1709–1710

The Great Winter of 1709

The Great Winter of 1709 brought extreme cold and severe famine to France, marking one of the century's worst economic crises.

What people wore

Sunday Best for Working Women

Working-class women often kept a single outfit, similar to modern Sunday best, specifically for holidays and special public events.

Getting around

Travel times between major French cities

Traveling between cities often involved water coaches (coches d'eau) for rivers or road carriages, with a journey from Lyon to Paris taking six days at a slow pace or three days at a faster pace in 1742.

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.In Europe · 1700–1721

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.

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In the news1716

Foundation of Law's Bank in 1716

John Law established the Banque Générale in 1716, which later issued paper bank notes guaranteed by the king to stimulate the economy.

Music

Teaching Dance via Written Notation

Dance masters used specialized choreographic notation created by Raoul Auger Feuillet to distribute and teach new dance steps between Paris and the provinces. By 1721, collections contained dozens of dances composed by masters like Pécour and Balon for the French court.

Daily life

Intense use of single-room dwellings

Ordinary homes often consisted of a single room used for all daily activities, including cooking, sleeping, and childcare, with furniture rearranged throughout the day. In rural areas, houses were typically made of wattle and daub with thatched roofs, often lacking glass windows and floorboards.