MANSART, Jules Hardouin, a celebrated French architect, the son of Hardouin the painter, and of a sister of the above-mentioned François Mansart, was born at Paris in 1645. He studied architecture under his uncle, and afterwards assumed his name. Recommended to the notice of Louis XIV., he was intrusted by that monarch with the construction of many important edifices. His most notable works are the Château de Versailles and the Hôtel des Invalides. He also planned the Château de Marly, Château du Grand Trianon, the Place Vendôme, the Place des Victoires, the Château de Dampierre, and the church of Notre Dame at Versailles. As a reward for his services, Mansart received from Louis XIV. the Order of St Michael. He was also appointed chief architect and superintendent of buildings, arts, and manufactures. The large fortune
which he reaped from these offices drew upon him much envy, and had he not been firmly fixed in the king's favour, it might have caused his downfall. He died suddenly in May 1708. Over his grave, in the church of St Paul at Paris, a tomb, executed by the sculptor Coysevox, was erected.