What It Was REALLY Like to Live Inside Versailles

What It Was REALLY Like to Live Inside Versailles Subscribe to the channel: @LostGrandeurUK Between 3,000 and 10,000 people lived inside the Palace of Versailles on any given day, in a building of some 2,300 rooms with well over 1,000 fireplaces that still could not keep it warm. In the great frost of 1709, wine froze solid and bottles burst beside the fires at the king's own table. Yet for all the gold and the 357 mirrors of its famous gallery, this palace of thousands had almost no toilets, and by one estimate barely a hundred or two people had easy access to a proper latrine. The most magnificent house in the world was also one of the coldest, most crowded and foulest-smelling places its own nobles ever had to live. This is what it was really like inside. Subscribe to the channel: @lostgrandeuruk In this video, we talk about the daily reality of living inside Versailles at the height of the French court, including the levée ceremony where dukes competed for the honour of handing the king his shirt, the etiquette of stools and scratched doors, the 22 departments of the royal household, the king's fixed timetable from mass to midnight, the evening apartments and their ruinous gambling, the notorious lack of sanitation, the court's fear of bathing, the killing cold of 1709, the fortunes spent chasing royal favour, and the fall of October 1789. 🔔 Subscribe so the next lost world we walk through finds you the moment it opens. 💬 Comment where you're watching from and tell me which would have broken you first inside Versailles, the endless cold, the crushing crowds, or the smell. 📢 Share this on Facebook, Reddit, or a group chat that loves history. You are the reason this channel keeps telling these stories. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 07:37 The boy who never forgot the mob 14:41 A hunting lodge becomes the largest house in Europe 28:42 The most watched dressing in the world 38:05 The war fought with stools and fingernails 52:39 The thousands history never named 59:32 Eating and sleeping before a crowd 1:15:20 Why the court was afraid of water 1:21:23 The winter the wine froze at the king's table 1:35:49 Thieves, crowds and no door that locked 1:42:47 Even a queen could not command a warm room 1:56:03 The most beautiful trap ever built Sources: Courtiers at Versailles (Château de Versailles) https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/key-dates/courtiers A day in the life of Louis XIV (Château de Versailles) https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/key-dates/day-life-louis-xiv The court etiquette of Louis XIV (History Skills) https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/modern-history/versailles-court-etiquette/ What did Versailles really smell like (Offbeat France) https://offbeatfrance.substack.com/p/eau-de-chamber-pot-what-did-versailles The Great Winter of 1709 (Rodama) http://rodama1789.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-great-winter-of-1709.html The cost of Versailles and the royal accounts (Money Museum) https://www.moneymuseum.com/en/archive/versailles-a-case-of-squandering-346 The Great Frost of 1709 (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Frost_of_1709 Note: We Use Public Domain Photos. Copyright & Fair Use Disclaimer: • We use images and content in accordance with YouTube’s Fair Use guidelines. • Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.” Thumbnail Disclaimer: Thumbnail images are satirical, digitally created graphics. Section 107 of the Copyright Act outlines the principles of fair use and identifies examples such as criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research as categories potentially qualifying under fair use. Content Disclaimer: This video is created for entertainment purposes ONLY. Nothing presented should be interpreted as factual, verified, or evidentiary. The title and thumbnail may be exaggerated for entertainment value and should not be considered proof of any claims made within the video. All statements reflect opinion, speculation, or humorous analysis and are intended solely for entertainment and comedic interpretation. #documentary #history #vicotrianera #england #Versailles #LouisXIV #SunKing #FrenchHistory #PalaceOfVersailles #FrenchCourt #HallOfMirrors #BourbonDynasty #FrenchRevolution #MarieAntoinette #AncienRegime #CourtLife #17thCentury #18thCentury #EuropeanHistory #History #Documentary #HistoryDocumentary #LostGrandeur #VersaillesPalace