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The Château was originally a simple fortified manor dating back to 1368 that over time was expanded to a Renaissance style chateau. It is where King Francois I died in 1547. Like the Hôtel de Rambouillet in Paris, the château was owned by the Marquis de Rambouillet, during the reign of King Louis XIII of France. The wooded park was laid out with wide rides radiating from the chateau.
In 1783 the château became the property of the Crown, purchased for King Louis XVI, and from 1870 to 1883, the Château was leased to the duc de la Trémoille. In February 1896, Rambouillet received a visit from President Félix Faure who had decided to spend his summers there. Since then, Rambouillet has become the summer residence of Presidents of the Republic who entertain and give hunting parties for many foreign dignitaries, princes and heads of State. As a part-time residence of the head of state, it is sometimes referred to as the Palace of Rambouillet.
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In November 1975 the first "G7" summit was organized by French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in the Château for the leaders of the world’s most industrialized countries. The then leaders attending were: Gerald Ford, United States, Pierre Trudeau, Canada, Harold Wilson, United Kingdom, Aldo Moro, Italy, Takeo MikiTakeo Miki ( Miki Takeo March 17, 1907 November 4, 1988) was a Japanese politician and the 66th Prime Minister of Japan. Born in Tokushima prefecture, Miki was elected to the Diet in 1937 and remained there until at least 1984. He took over from Kakuei Ta, Japan, and Helmut SchmidtThis page is about Helmut Schmidt, the German politician. For the parapsychologist, see Helmut Schmidt (parapsychologist Helmut Schmidt (born December 23, 1918) is a German SPD politician. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1974- 1982, as well as briefly s, Germany.
The Château de Rambouillet continues to be used as a venue for bilateral summits and in February 1999 it was used to host the negotiations on KosovoKosovo and Metohija ( Serbian: Albanian: Kosova , usually called just Kosovo is an autonomous province of Serbia (which together with Montenegro constitutes Serbia and Montenegro). It is currently administered by the United Nations following the recent Ko (see Kosovo WarThe term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts (a civil war followed by an international war) in the southern Serbian province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), part of th).
Castles in France