Grand appartement de la reine

Additionally, Louis XIV's granddaughter-in-law, Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, as duchess of Burgundy, occupied these rooms from 1697, the year of her marriage, to her death in 1712.

[4] The salle des gardes de la reine communicates with a loggia that issues from the escalier de la reine (Queen's staircase), which corresponded (albeit a smaller, though similarly decorated example) to the escalier des ambassadeurs (Ambassador's Staircase) in the grand appartement du roi.

Among the most noteworthy of the building projects during Louis XV's reign, the redecoration of the chambre de la reine must be cited.

Elements of the chambre de la reine as it had been used by Marie-Thérèse and Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy were removed and a new, more modern decor was installed.

Upon Louis XVI's ascension to the throne in 1774, Marie Antoinette ordered major redecoration of the grand appartement de la reine.

Plan of the Palace of Versailles c. 1676 (before the third building campaign ), with the Queen's grand apartment marked in yellow
The Queen's bedchamber. There is a barely discernible hidden door in the corner near the jewel cabinet by Schwerdfeger (1787) through which Marie Antoinette escaped the night of 5/6 October 1789 when the Paris mob stormed Versailles.