Château de la Muette (Three Monarchies)

The Château de la Muette, commonly called the National Palace is the residence and working offices of the reigning monarch of France (Queen Clarisse), although the official residence of the French Royal Family is the Royal Palace of Paris. It is located on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, France, near the Porte de la Muette. The château is owned by the French government and administered by a state agency the Crown Estate.

Summer Residence
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French Revolution
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Bourbon Restoration
The palace was restored by Louis XVII following the demise of the French Empire. It became the principal residence of the monarch for six months as the royal residence, the Bourbon Palace underwent remodelling.

LIberal Wars
The palace is most famous though for the role it played in the reign of Queen Christina. She and her mother Queen Marie-Caroline always loved the palace and decided to make it their permanent residence after the starting of the Liberal Wars, which made the Royal Palace of Paris dangerous for them. Marie Caroline took over as Regent until her daughter's age of majority, swearing allegiance to the Constitutional Charter in the throne room on 30 August 1829. With the start of Liberal and Absolutist factionalism, the country entered into a period of fragile stability, and the monumental walls of the Capetian Palace sheltered the Royal Family from the outside world.

Apart from a few exceptions, the court did not reside at the palace. The Royal Family would gather informally around the table at mealtimes without attendants, unless relatives were visiting. King Francis was assassinated during the 1848 July Revolution. And Queen Christina and other royal retainers were evicted from the palace after the overthrow.

Royal imprisonment and trial
Upon the overthrow of the monarchy the National Guard took control of Capetian Palace. Queen Christina was imprisoned for nine months in a small room on the upper floor and watched over by a guard with fixed bayonets. The quilt she made is still there. The trial was held in the former throne room. Only a few days later she was forced to abdicate as Queen of France, in favour of her infant son Louis.

Royal residence
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World Wars and Interbellum
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Exterior
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First floor
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