Editing Louis XVI (section)

====Royal spending====

[[File:J.M. Moreau - Souper donné à Louveciennes.jpg|thumb|[[Jean-Michel Moreau]] – Souper donné à [[Louveciennes]] (1771) ]]

The [[Menus-Plaisirs du Roi]] was under the direction of [[Papillon de la Ferté]] and he gave details in his journal about the costs of the performances over the years 1756–1780 in three different palaces.<ref>[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k108528n/f3.image/f1n458.pdf?download=1 Journal de Papillon de La Ferté]</ref> The wedding in 1771 was especially costly. The performance of [[Castor et Pollux]] in 1779 when he was visited by his brother-in-law, Joseph II, involved more than 500 people.
Royal household spending in 1788 was 13% of total state expenses (excluding interest on debts).<ref>Finances of Louis XVI (1788) | Nicholas E. Bomba https://blogs.nvcc.edu {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420130803/http://blogs.nvcc.edu/ |date=20 April 2011 }} › nbomba › files › 2016/10</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixJWG9q0Eo4C | title=Compte rendu au roi, au mois de mars 1788, et publié par ses ordres | year=1788 | publisher=de l'Imprimerie royale }}</ref>