Jean-François Leroy (; 24 September 1729 - 1791) was a French

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. For the

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, he worked on the Château of Chantilly, the

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, and the

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, where he replaced in 1780.

Biography

Leroy was born in

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, the son of Jean-Jacques Leroy, building inspector of the

, and Mary-Anne Dunu, daughter of the superintendent of the

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. He entered the service of the prince, following his father. In 1761, he married Toudouze Françoise-Thérèse, daughter of the prince's master of the hunt. He was appointed architect of the Château de Chantilly in 1768, upon the death of his predecessor, Brice Le Chauve. In Chantilly, he built the Château d'Enghien (1769–1770) and the Hameau de Chantilly (1774–1775). He worked with Claude Billard de Bélisard on the Palais Bourbon and the Hôtel de Lassay, and then succeeded him in about 1780. In 1782 he revised Bélisard's plan for the Place du Palais Bourbon. With the landscaper Lecourt, he created the picturesque gardens of Betz-en-Multienprojects in the archives of the princely palace of

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for the

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, mistress of the Prince of Condé; all that remains is a

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Ionic temple of Love.

References

Sources

* Michel Gallet, ''Les architectes parisiens du XVIII^e siècle'', Paris, Éditions Mengès, 1995. * Gustave Macon, ''Les Arts dans la maison de Condé'', Librairie de l’Art Ancien et Moderne, Paris 1903, () * C.-M. Dugas, "Une dynastie d'architectes, les Leroy", ''Bulletin de la Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Senlis'', 1959. {{DEFAULTSORT:Leroy, Jean-Francois 1729 births 1791 deaths 18th-century French architects People from Chantilly, Oise Jean-Francois