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Louis II of Melun, Duke of Joyeuse

Paris, Oct 1694 – Château de Chantilly, 31 Jul 1724

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A life in time

  1. Oct 1694

    Born in Paris

  2. 31 Jul 1724

    Dies in Château de Chantilly

Family

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During his lifetime

He lived through 4 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Paris.

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The 1690s · Louis II is born in Paris

In the news1693–1694

Paris Famine (1693–1694)

During the famine of 1693–1694, bread was sold at two sous a loaf to poor Parisians as up to 1,500 people died daily from hunger and disease.

At the table

Family Budget Spent on Bread

During the Old Regime, expenditures on bread accounted for 50 to 60 percent of a family's total budget.

What people wore

Essential Women's Clothing

Urban working women typically wore a five-item ensemble: a top (casaquin or corset), a skirt (jupe or jupon), an apron for work, a shawl or neckerchief, and a cloak for cold weather.

Getting around

Parisian carriage hire options

In Paris, travelers could hire a private carriage known as a Remise for about three crowns per day. For budget travelers, the vinegrette was a peculiar two-wheeled vehicle dragged by a man and pushed by a woman or boy.

What it cost

Servant earnings and clothing costs

In 1692, a young servant earned 75 livres per year, but spent over 35 livres on a single wardrobe update that included a secondhand wig.

Music

Sunday Dancing and the Pipe and Tabor

In the late 17th century, peasants often enjoyed dancing to the pipe and tabor on the Sabbath, an amusement that was sometimes tolerated by church officials as a necessary relief from a week of hard labor.

Daily life

Demanding daily household labor

Water had to be hauled manually from fountains or courtyards, and heating required constant manual labor to manage wood, fire, and ash disposal.