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Rama IV Mongkut, premier roi de SiamCrédit photographique : (C) RMN-Grand Palais (Château de Fontainebleau) / Gérard Blo
The Chinese Museum and rooms built to Impress Eugenie’s specifications in 1863 housed her collection of Far-Eastern treasures. Some of these came from the imperial furniture depository (mainly revolutionary plunder), while others were acquisitions made by Napoleon III and Eugenie from the Sack of the Summer Palace in Peking by the Franco-British soldiers in 1860. The collection also included diplomatic gifts from the Ambassador of Siam who visited Fontainebleau in 1861.
Coupe sur pied(C) RMN-Grand Palais (Château de Fontainebleau) / Gérard BlotTechnique/Matière : émaillé, or (métal)Thaïlande (royaume de) (origine)
Napoleon III, the last sovereign to live at the Château de Fontainebleau (Palace of Fontainebleau), decided to carry out renovation work to modernise the palace. He created the Imperial Theatre in 1857, the Empress’ Chinese Museum and rooms (1863), the Study and the Lacquerware Room. In 1861, he decided to receive King Mongkut (Rama IV) of Siam’s ambassadors in the Palace ballroom, in order to strengthen diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Siam. Napoleon III had sent presents to the King, who in return lavished gifts on Napoleon. The Empress wanted to display these precious gifts in the Queen Mothers’ apartment at the time of the opening of the Chinese Museum (14 June 1863).
Audience solennelle donnée aux ambassadeurs de Siam par S.M Napoléon III, à Fontainebleau, le 29 juin(C) RMN / Gérard Blot
Carte d’Ayutthaya, reproduction du 17e siècle. Le Séminaire (représenté par la lettre «G» sur la carte) était situé dans la partie occidentale d’Ayutthaya, dans le quartier cochinchinois.
The College General (Malay: Seminari Tinggi Katolik) is a Roman Catholic interdiocesan seminary located in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, Malaysia. The college’s foundation can be traced back to the 1665 establishment of the Seminary of Saint Joseph in Ayuthia, which was then the capital of Siam, by the Vicars Apostolic Bishops Pallu and Lambert de la Motte of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. They officially requested the establishment of the Seminary to the Siamese king Narai on 25 May 1665, who granted them a large spot on the river Menam. In 1675, Mgr Louis Laneau, who had been nominated Vicar Apostolic of Siam two years before, became Superior of the Seminary.
The events of the Siamese revolution in 1688 saw the ousting of French forces from Siam, and the imprisonment of Louis Laneau and half of the students of the Seminary until August 1690, but the activities of the Seminary could resume from 1691.
