Grand Trianon Mansart; this wing, called "Trianon-sous-Bois", housed the Orléans family, including Louis XIV's legitimised daughter Françoise-Marie de Bourbon. The King's youngest grandson Charles de France and his wife Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans also resided there. The Orléans family, who had apartments at the Palace of Versailles, were later replaced by Françoise-Marie's sister; the Duchess of Bourbon, "Madame la Duchesse" lived at the Trianon and later built the Palais Bourbon in Paris, the design of the palace being copied on that of the Trianon. In 1717, Peter the Great of Russia, who was studying the palace and gardens of Versailles, resided at
Petit Trianon the 1760s and onward. Essentially an exercise on a cube, the Petit Trianon attracts interest by virtue of its four facades, each thoughtfully designed according to that part of the estate it would face. The Corinthian order predominates, with two freestanding and two engaged columns on the side of the formal French garden, and pilasters facing both the courtyard and the area once occupied by Louis XV's greenhouses. Overlooking the former botanical garden of the king, the remaining facade was left bare. The subtle use of steps compensates for the differences in level of the château's inclined location. Marie Antoinette