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
Escape to the Chateau (TV series) attracts many English house hunters. That was the same story with Dick and Angel as when they first started house hunting in France they were looking ad more modest properties such as small farmhouses, until they realised that at such low prices, they could buy a small chateau. For 280,000 pounds, they purchased a chateau that lists 45 rooms, a walled garden and surrounded by a moat on a 12 acre property, 10 times the size of the average British house. However, the show makes viewers aware of the large restoration and running costs of such projects, which can become