Fleur de Lys is a mansion in
Holmby Hills
Holmby Hills is a neighborhood on the Westside of Los Angeles, California, United States.
The neighborhood was developed in the early twentieth century by the Janss Investment Company, which developed the rest of Westwood as well as other Los Ang ...
,
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Overview
Situated on five acres of land in
Holmby Hills
Holmby Hills is a neighborhood on the Westside of Los Angeles, California, United States.
The neighborhood was developed in the early twentieth century by the Janss Investment Company, which developed the rest of Westwood as well as other Los Ang ...
, the property has twelve bedrooms, fifteen baths, a fifty-seat theater, a ballroom, a gym, a pool house, a running track, a tennis court and a guest house.
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The house was commissioned in 1996 and completed in 2002. It was modelled after King Louis XIV
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Vers ...
's Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 19 ...
. It was designed by architect Richardson Robertson III of Robertson Partners.
Ownership
The original owners were David I. Saperstein and his wife Suzanne Saperstein
Suzanne may refer to:
People
* Suzanne (given name), a feminine given name (including a list of people with the name)
* S. U. Zanne, pen name of August Vandekerkhove (1838–1923), Belgian writer and inventor
* Suzanne, pen name of Renée Ménd ...
. Upon their divorce in 2004, his wife received the property in the settlement.[Christopher Bagley]
Oh, Suzanne
'' W'', December 2008 She put it on the market for US$125,000,000 (£78 million) in 2006.Los Angeles Times
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See also
* List of largest houses in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
This List of largest houses in the Los Angeles metropolitan area includes 19 single-family residences that are known to equal or exceed of livable space within the main house. The official square footage of the largest houses in Los Angeles and th ...
* List of largest houses in the United States
This is a list of the 100+ largest extant and historic houses in the United States, ordered by area of the main house. The list includes houses that have been demolished, houses that are currently under construction, and buildings that are not cu ...
References
Houses in Los Angeles
Holmby Hills, Los Angeles
Châteauesque architecture in the United States
Houses completed in 2002
2002 establishments in California
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