. Castles and chateaux of old Burgundy and the border provinces. Portal of the Chateau de Chambery ChamlDery 231. Ported St. Dominique, Chancery 232 Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy terms. It was the most gorgeous spectacle everplayed upon the stage of which this fine oldmediaeval castle was the theatre. The final act of the ceremony took place be-fore a throng of princes, prelates and variousseigneurs and minor vassals of all the neigh-bouring kingdoms and principalities. The Em-peror Sigismond, Amadee VIII, who was tobe the new duke, dined alone upon a raised daisin the Grande Salle, and
. Castles and chateaux of old Burgundy and the border provinces. Portal of the Chateau de Chambery ChamlDery 231. Ported St. Dominique, Chancery 232 Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy terms. It was the most gorgeous spectacle everplayed upon the stage of which this fine oldmediaeval castle was the theatre. The final act of the ceremony took place be-fore a throng of princes, prelates and variousseigneurs and minor vassals of all the neigh-bouring kingdoms and principalities. The Em-peror Sigismond, Amadee VIII, who was tobe the new duke, dined alone upon a raised daisin the Grande Salle, and the service was madeby ^ a richly dressed throng of seigneursmounted on brilliantly caparisoned is quoted from a historical chronicle, whichhowever neglects to state the quality of theservice. It is quite possible that it may nothave been above reproach. Here, a couple of centuries later, anotherVictor-Amadee married the Princesse Henri-ette, Duchesse dOrleans. The bride to be hadnever met her future husband until they cametogether at a little village near-by, as she wasjourneying to the Savoy
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