Chambre du Roi
La Chambre du Roi (French pronunciation: [la ʃɑ̃bʁ dy ʁwa]), "the king's bedchamber") has always been the central feature of the king's apartment in traditional French palace design Ceremonies surrounding the daily life of the king—such as the levée (the ceremonial raising and dressing of the king held in the morning) and the coucher (the ceremonial undressing and putting to bed of the king)—were conducted in the bedchamber. In 17th century France under the absolutism of Louis XIV, the bedchamber became the focal point—physically as well as ideologically—of the palace of Versailles.