Louis XIV in Versailles. The number of servants at the palace was impressive
How many servants they worked at Versailles in the epoch of its maximum splendor, therefore between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
How many men and women did the largest and most luxurious palace in the world need to remain so?
Curiosity arises spontaneously if we take into account the extraordinary size of the building and the coat of arms that it necessarily had to maintain (https://www.pilloledistoria.it/1904/storia-moderna/grandiosa-reggia-versailles-quanche-numero). / P>
Answering this question is simple, since it is all written in the Almanach de Versailles , compiled by the famous Blaizot, bookseller of the king; well, the list of servants, from the first valet to the last scullery, takes up 165 pages in the book written in a very thick way.
The disproportionate number of employees may not be surprising given the vastness and complexity of the surface to be managed, but it certainly affects the uselessness of certain tasks, created on purpose to please as many people as possible.
An example?
A watchmaker exclusively responsible for winding the king's watch every morning.