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Chambre historique

Le Picard de Phélippeaux

25m2 / 2 guests

This sunny room overlooking the garden evokes Antoine Le Picard de Phélippeaux, a royalist artillery officer who took refuge at the Hôtel de Panette in 1795. A romantic figure of the Berry region, he led a royalist uprising before following an extraordinary destiny. Today, this 25 sqm room retains something of that discreet sense of retreat. Exposed beams, 18th-century terracotta floor tiles, a sitting area with desk, shower and bathrobes create a bright and peaceful room, ideal for a stay for two, or with a baby. A quiet refuge in the heart of Bourges, within the intimacy of the private mansion.

  • Complimentary breakfast
  • Poutres apparentes
  • Idéal pour un couple avec bébé
Installation details

Antoine Le Picard de Phelippeaux was born in 1767 in Vienne and died in 1799
in Saint-Jean-d'Acre. He was an officer in the royal artillery, like his
father before him.

He was a pupil of the Pontlevoy Royal Military School. Antoine de
Phelippeaux was Napoleon Bonaparte's fellow student and rival at the Royal
Military School in Paris in 1785.

According to the myth, Sergeant Major Henry-René-Marie Picot de Peccaduc put
himself between Bonaparte and Phelippeaux to prevent them from kicking each
other, and then consequently getting kicked by the both of them!

In 1789 he joigned the Besancon regiment, siding with the Duke of Enghien in
1791 in the army of emigrants.

In 1792 he participated in the battles of Valmy and Jemmapes.

In 1795, Antoine infiltrated France and created the spectacular escape of
William Sidney Smith from the Temple prison that took place in 1798.

On April 2, 1796, Phelippeaux seized Sancerre with 2,000 men. Arrested on
April 9, he was taken to Bourges from where he escaped, hiding at the Hôtel
de Tristan (which will become the Hôtel de Panette). He will then join Paris
and will hide from castle to castle, protected by his royalist friends.

On April 24, 1798, Smith was released by an order signed by the Minister of
Marine and Colonies. A few hours later people will realize that it was false
one, bought for 60,000 gold francs by Phelippeaux himself, and delivered by
fake gendarmes.

In 1799, he joined Djezzar Pasha in Saint-Jean-d'Acre, where he made a
powerful contribution to the defense of the city against General Bonaparte.

He died of the plague or exhaustion in 1799.

Installations

  • Free Wi-Fi Internet
  • Desk
  • Living room area
  • Television
  • Mini-bar (extra cost)
  • Kettle, tea and pod coffee machine provided
  • Secure private parking available by prior reservation, at an additional cost.
  • Complimentary breakfast
  • Bathroom with shower
  • Bathrobe

Details

  • Size: 25m2

Your dwelling

L’hôtel de Panette

1 rue Henri Ducrot
18000 Bourges

Proche de la Cathédrale de Bourges - Palais Jaques Cœur.

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1 rue Henri Ducrot
18000 Bourges
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