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| | La Maison du Roi |
 | | The royal stables were under the general supervision of the Grand écuyer de France (Master of the Horse), a title that superseded in the mid-15th century that of premier écuyer du corps et grand-maître de l'écurie du Roi. |
 | | When the king died, the horses and equipment of the grande écurie went to the grand écuyer, while those of the petite écurie went to the premier écuyer. |
 | | The grand fauconnier (grand falconer) had under him several gentilhommes de la fauconnerie (whose numbers were reduced in 1748), a secrétaire, an aumônier, a maréchal des logis and 2 fouriers, and teams for each type of hunt (or vol): milan, heron, corneille (flbird), rivière (duck and waterfowl), champs (partridge and pheasant), pie (magpie), lièvre (hare). |
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