Royal Chapel of Dreux facts for kids
The Royal Chapel of Dreux (French: Chapelle royale de Dreux) is a the traditional resting place for members of the royal House of Orléans. It is located in the town of Dreux in France.
The land on which the chapel was built on was owned by the famously wealthy Duke of Penthièvre whose daughter Marie Adélaïde married the Duke of Orléans in 1769. Following the death of the Duke of Penthièvre his daughter inherited a majority of his vast estates including the land of Dreux. The Orléans family later used the chapel there as their own personal burial place following the reign of Louis Philippe I.
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Gothic Revival glass by the Sèvres porcelain manufactory
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Monument to King Louis-Philippe (1773–1850) and his wife Maria Amalia (1782-1866)
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Monuments to Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810-1842) and his wife Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814-1858)
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The Duke of Penthièvre with his daughter the future Duchess of Orléans in circa 1768 by Jean Baptiste Charpentier le Vieux
See also
In Spanish: Capilla real de Dreux para niños
