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26-482: Louis Joseph may refer to: Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781–1789), son of Louis XVI of France Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé (1736–1818), member of the House of Bourbon Louis Joseph, Duke of Guise (1650–1671), Prince of Lorraine Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (1654–1712), French general and Marshal of France Louis Joseph Bahin (1813–1857), American painter in

52-674: A 19th-century design by Lucien Hesse . By the beginning of World War II , the old château had been completely demolished and replaced by mansions. The new château was appropriated by Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. During the Liberation of Paris in August 1944, the château was captured after a brief gunfight by the British ' 30 Assault Unit ' keen on gathering vital intelligence. In late 1945 United States Army took over

78-479: A note to be repeated even if the key had not yet risen to its maximum vertical position, a great benefit for rapid playing. In 1912, the château's then owner, the Franqueville family, sold much of the remaining property, and the former estate developed into a fashionable residential area. Two large lots were sold to Baron Henri James de Rothschild , who built a new château in 1921 and 1922 as his Paris residence to

104-582: A series of high fevers. Out of fear for his health, he was transported to the Château de La Muette where the air was reputed to have healing properties. The time spent at La Muette seemed to have helped Louis Joseph recover, and almost a year later, in March 1785, he returned there and was inoculated against smallpox . However, his health remained fragile. In 1786, the fevers returned, but his household regarded them as being of no importance. These fevers, however, were

130-528: A source of leprosy among other things. Parmentier carried out a series of publicity stunts, which led to the acceptance of potatoes in France and then throughout Europe. The château, together with the Château de Madrid and other properties, were put on sale in February 1788, with a view to demolition. The castle fell into disrepair, and the main building was demolished in 1793. The first manned flight commenced from

156-402: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France Louis Joseph Xavier François (22 October 1781 – 4 June 1789) was Dauphin of France as the second child and first son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette . As son of a king of France, he was a fils de France ("Child of France"). Louis Joseph died aged seven from tuberculosis and

182-707: The Château de Meudon on 4 June 1789, aged seven and a half, during the Estates General , 40 days before the storming of the Bastille . He was buried on 13 June in a simple ceremony at the Basilica of St Denis , a month before the storming of the Bastille. On 10 August 1793, on order of the National Convention during the Reign of Terror , his tomb was desecrated, together with those of the kings and queens of France, members of

208-476: The first manned flight , in a hot air balloon , set off from the château in 1783. The old château was demolished in the 1920s to make room for substantial houses, including a new château built by Henri James de Rothschild , which now serves as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 's headquarters. The meaning of muette is not certain. In modern French, it denotes a mute woman. However,

234-614: The windmills on the Butte-aux-Cailles . Enough fuel remained on board at the end of the flight to have allowed the balloon to fly four to five times as far. However, burning embers from the fire were scorching the balloon fabric and had to be extinguished with sponges, and so the pilots decided to land as soon as they were over open countryside. During the French Revolution , the Château de la Muette became state property. The property

260-684: The Antebellum South Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712–1759), French military commander Louis-Joseph Papineau (1786–1871), Canadian politician [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_Joseph&oldid=1233455361 " Categories : Given names Compound given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

286-515: The Duchess expired on 21 July 1719 in the Château de la Muette On the Duchess of Berry's death in 1719, the château passed to the nine-year-old king, Louis XV . The king used the château to entertain his mistresses, including the three de Nesle sisters, Madame de Pompadour and Madame du Barry . Louis XV had the château entirely rebuilt by the architects Jacques Gabriel and Ange-Jacques Gabriel between 1741 and 1745. The new, much larger, building

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312-595: The buildings to organise operations in the aftermath of the war. In 1949, it became the headquarters of the Organization for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC) set up under the Marshall Plan to help administer funds provided by the United States to promote post-war recovery and to encourage European economic cooperation. The OEEC developed into the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 1961, with

338-589: The château on 21 November 1783, with a hot air balloon manufactured by the Montgolfier brothers lifting off from the garden of La Muette carrying Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes . Among the crowd who observed this feat were the royal family and Benjamin Franklin . They flew for 25 minutes, travelling almost 300 metres above Paris and covering a distance of about nine kilometres, before landing between

364-446: The first signs of tuberculosis. In the same year, Louis Joseph's education was turned over to men, as was customary for the sons of the kings of France. At the ceremony, it was noted that Louis Joseph had trouble walking, which was in fact caused by a curvature of the spine – something which was treated through the use of metal corsets . By January 1788 the fevers grew more frequent and the disease progressed quickly. Louis Joseph died at

390-801: The gates of the Bois de Boulogne to the populace. The Emperor Joseph II , Marie-Antoinette's brother (travelling incognito under the name of "Count Falkenstein") visited the couple here in April 1777. Louis granted a small area of sandy ground of the château's estate at les Sablons (near les Sablons metro station ) to Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737–1813) to demonstrate the growing of potatoes , which had not previously been considered in Europe, other than in Ireland , as safe for human consumption. Indeed, they were considered to be

416-600: The hopes of his uncle, the comte de Provence , of succeeding his brother Louis XVI. His private household was created upon his birth. He was under the care of Victoire de Rohan , the Governess of the Children of France , until she was replaced in 1782 by Yolande de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac , one of his mother's favourites. His sous-gouverneur was the Maréchal de camp Antoine Charles Augustin d'Allonville . His wet nurse

442-496: The name of the château may be derived from several words in the French language : It is clear that the name was connected with the hunting lodge in the Bois de Boulogne , which mediaeval French kings used when they hunted deer in the forest. Near the end of his reign, Charles IX had a royal hunting lodge on the site transformed into a small château for Marguerite de Valois , later the first wife of Henry IV . Although their marriage

468-554: The newly formed county northwest of Lancaster and north of York to thank France for helping the United States win her independence from the British Empire. Within the county, the borough of Dauphin , so named when it was incorporated in 1845, is thus indirectly also named for him. History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Historical Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Ch%C3%A2teau de La Muette Three châteaux have been located on

494-501: The rooms with chinoiserie . Tsar Peter the Great of Russia visited her here. When welcoming the Russian tsar, the Duchess appeared "stout as a tower" (“puissante comme une tour”). By early July, Madame de Berry, who was by then kept fully secluded in her castle at La Muette. In January 1716, she had secretly borne a girl at her Luxembourg Palace . Unable to recover from a difficult delivery,

520-565: The royal family, high dignitaries, and abbots. At the death of Louis Joseph, the title of Dauphin passed to his younger brother Louis Charles, Duke of Normandy (1785–1795), who died during the French Revolution , at the Temple prison in Paris. Dauphin County , Pennsylvania , in which Harrisburg is located, is named after him. The Pennsylvania legislature, meeting in Philadelphia in 1785, named

546-410: The site since a hunting lodge was transformed into the first château for Princess Marguerite de Valois , favorite daughter of King Henry II , sister of Kings Francis II , Charles IX and Henry III and the first wife of King Henry IV , in the 16th century. The first château was extended and substantially reconstructed by Louis XV . Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette lived at this second château, and

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572-402: Was Geneviève Poitrine , who was later accused of transmitting tuberculosis to the young Dauphin. Louis Joseph was very close to his sister and to his parents, who watched attentively over his education. He was always praised for being a very bright child for his age; however, it soon became apparent that he was of fragile health. Around April 1784, when he was three years old, Louis Joseph had

598-489: Was always rocky and eventually annulled, they became friends late in life and she was able to return to Paris and set up house in the château. Marguerite bequeathed her château to the little Dauphin , later Louis XIII , in 1606. From 1606 to 1792, the property remained part of the royal estates. In 1716, the château became the home of the Duchess of Berry, Marie-Louise Elisabeth d'Orléans , daughter of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans , Regent of France. Antoine Watteau decorated

624-497: Was flanked by two large wings with many smaller outlying buildings. The Duke of Berry, later King Louis XVI , took possession of La Muette in 1764, and his future wife, Marie Antoinette , lodged there on her arrival in France. Louis XVI is said to have spent the happiest days of his life at the château with his young bride, although they had no knowledge of sexual matters and thus did not have children for seven years. During this period Louis abolished certain royal taxes, and he opened

650-464: Was split up into several lots and sold at auction. The château returned to the royal family in 1816. One wing was given to the Minister for Finance, Louis Emmanuel Corvetto . The other wing, and most of the grounds, were purchased in 1820 by Sébastien Érard , who manufactured pianos used by Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt . In 1821, Sébastien Érard invented the double escapement action, which permitted

676-563: Was succeeded as Dauphin (and thus heir-apparent) by his four-year-old brother Louis Charles . Louis Joseph Xavier François de France was born at the Palace of Versailles on 22 October 1781. He was named after his maternal uncle, Joseph II . The newborn was the long-awaited Dauphin , his father's heir to the throne of France, as Salic Law , which excluded women from acceding to the throne, applied to his elder sister, Marie Thérèse Charlotte , Madame Royale . The birth of Louis Joseph put an end to

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