context: Villeroy & Boch was founded in 1836 as a result of the merger of family-owned enterprises under the management of faience and porcelain. However, the history of the company is usually counted from 1748, when the court steelworker, a supplier of cannonballs for the needs of the French army and the holder of the honorary title “Royal Scorer” founded the production of ceramics in the town of Auden-le-Tisch in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was part of the Holy Roman Empire [ * 1] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [7].
question: When was Villeroy & Boch founded?
answers.text: 1836