Question: who expanded the palace of versailles to its present size?
Answer: Louis XIV, Louis XV

Louis XIII's successor, Louis XIV, had a great interest in Versailles. He settled on the royal hunting lodge at Versailles, and over the following decades had it expanded into one of the largest palaces in the world. Beginning in 1661, the architect Louis Le Vau, landscape architect André Le Nôtre, and painter-decorator Charles Lebrun began a detailed renovation and expansion of the château. This was done to fulfill Louis XIV's desire to establish a new centre for the royal court.  Following the Treaties of Nijmegen in 1678, he began to gradually move the court to Versailles. The court was officially