page_title: Hôtel de Villeroy
section_title: Nicolas V de Villeroy era, 1617-1671
hierarchical_section_title: Hôtel de Villeroy / Nicolas V de Villeroy era, 1617-1671
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Print of Nicolas de Neufville, Marquis de Villeroy, 1er duc de Villeroy (Musée de la Révolution française). English: Print of Nicolas de Neufville, Marquis of Villeroy, 1st Duke of Villeroy (Musée de la Révolution française).
context_page_description: The hôtel de Villeroy, also the hôtel de Villeroy Bourbon or hôtel de la Poste, is a hôtel particulier, a type of large townhouse of France, at 34 rue des Bourdonnais, 9 rue des Déchargeurs, 17 rue des Halles in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. It is a designated monument historique.
context_section_description: The building was constructed in 1640 by the Duke Nicolas de Neufville de Villeroy, the then Marshal of France. The name of the building's architect remains unknown to this day. Nicolas V de Villeroy was raised in the court of King Louis XIII. After the death of the King Nicolas V became a tutor for the new King the young Louis XIV starting in 1646. The young King and his brother Prince Philippe of Orleans resided in the Royal Palace but they often went to the Hotel de Villeroy where they could play with the children of Nicolas Villeroy V, Catherine Neufville de Villeroy and François de Villeroy.
  From this childhood spent between the Royal Palace and the Hotel de Villeroy a lifelong friendship formed between King Louis XIV and François de Neufville de Villeroy. Upon his passing King Louis XIV's will gave François de Neufville de Villeroy the role of educator for the King's great grandson King Louis XV.
  Evidence of Nicolas V's former presence at the Hotel de Villeroy can be found in the number '5' forged into the still existing railings of the grand staircase. This staircase figured in some of the photos of the celebrated French photographer Eugène Atget.
caption: Marshal-duke Nicolas V de Neufville de Villeroy
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