I live in Choisy-le-Roi, which is in Val-de-Marne, which is in Ile-de-France, which is in France. Suburb of Paris, to use a reference everyone will recognise :-)
So, Choisy - though it wasn't Choisy-le-Roi yet - was first mentioned in 1176. I can't say anything really interesting happened back then, though.
Then in 1739 Louis XV got the castle, where he sometimes lived when he wanted to hunt and stuff. He decided that Choisy-Mademoiselle was to become Choisy-le-Roi ['roi' meaning 'king']
In 1746 Madame de Pompadour lived in Choisy. And from 1775 to 1780, Marie-Antoinette came to Choisy often for entertainment.
Also, during the Revolution, Danton and Rouget de L'isle - author of La Marseillaise - stayed in Choisy every now and then. At the time, the name changed - for obvious reasons - and became Choisy-sur-Seine for a little while - because the Seine crosses the city.
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So, Choisy - though it wasn't Choisy-le-Roi yet - was first mentioned in 1176. I can't say anything really interesting happened back then, though.
The city is pretty unspecial now - especially as the Parisian suburb doesn't have the best reputation nowadays - but it wasn't always so; in 1678 Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de Montpensier, grandaughter of Henry IV, had a castle built in the town. At the time Choisy-le-Roi was called Choisy-Mademoiselle ['choisy' = 'choose' and 'mademoiselle' = 'miss'].
Then in 1739 Louis XV got the castle, where he sometimes lived when he wanted to hunt and stuff. He decided that Choisy-Mademoiselle was to become Choisy-le-Roi ['roi' meaning 'king']
In 1746 Madame de Pompadour lived in Choisy. And from 1775 to 1780, Marie-Antoinette came to Choisy often for entertainment.
Also, during the Revolution, Danton and Rouget de L'isle - author of La Marseillaise - stayed in Choisy every now and then. At the time, the name changed - for obvious reasons - and became Choisy-sur-Seine for a little while - because the Seine crosses the city.