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| | Embassy of France in the U.S. -Hôtel Matignon |
 | | In 1731, the wife of Jacques de Matignon, daughter of Anthony I Grimaldi, succeeded her father as head of the principality of Monaco. |
 | | In 1815, Louis XVIII traded the Hôtel de Matignon for the Elysée Palace, which belonged to Louise Bathilde of Orleans, sister to Louis Philippe Joseph, Duke of Orleans and wife of the Duke of Bourbon. |
 | | On 14 May 1886, this was the setting of one of the century's most sumptuous receptions: three thousand guests, the entire aristocracy of France, the diplomatic corps and numerous political figures thronged to celebrate the marriage of Princess Amélie, the Count's daughter, with Carlos, heir to the Portuguese throne. |
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