Hôtel des Tournelles

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The Hôtel des Tournelles was a former royal residence in Paris, historically notable as the place where King Henry II of France died after a jousting accident in 1559.

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Label Occurrences
Hôtel des Tournelles canonical 2
Hôtel Saint-Pol, Paris 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former building
hôtel particulier
royal residence
architecturalStyle medieval architecture
causeOfEvent jousting accident
country France
dateOfEvent 1559
demolished 16th century
demolishedBy Catherine de’ Medici
surface form: Catherine de' Medici
era Late Middle Ages
Renaissance France
function court residence
residence of the king
hasHeritageStatus no longer extant
historicalRole principal Paris residence of French kings before the Louvre became primary royal palace
knownFor site of Henry II’s fatal injury
locatedIn Kingdom of France
Marais
Paris
locatedNear Place des Vosges
locationRelativeTo north of present-day Place des Vosges
namedAfter Faubourg-Saint-Denis district
surface form: Tournelles district
notableEvent death of Henry II of France
partOf medieval Paris cityscape
replacedBy Place Royale
Place des Vosges
resident Francis I of France
Henry II of France
Louis XII of France
significantFor French royal history
history of Paris
status destroyed
usedAs royal residence
usedBy French royal family
surface form: French monarchy

Kings of France

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Henry II of France deathPlace Hôtel des Tournelles
Catherine of Valois placeOfBirth Hôtel des Tournelles
this entity surface form: Hôtel Saint-Pol, Paris
Henry, Duke of Orléans deathPlace Hôtel des Tournelles