Lalikhe laba yindawo yokuzingela ephantsi, iBhotwe laseVersailles eliqaqambileyo ngoku libubungqina obubalaseleyo bobukhazikhazi bobukhosi baseFrance — nomqondiso wokungalingani okwaphembelela iMvukelo yaseFrance.
UKumkani uLouis XIV (u-Sun King wase-France) wayiguqula le ndawo yasemaphandleni ye--le-de-France wayenza ibhotwe elikhulu ngo-1682, xa wafudusa urhulumente wase-France. Ukanti indima yayo njengendawo yokuhlala yasebukhosini yahlala ixesha elifutshane: emva kokubini kuphela uKumkani uLouis (uLouis XV no-XVI) uguquko lwatshayela ilizwe. IVersailles iyekile ukuba yibhotwe elisisigxina kubukhosi baseFrance, obabususwe buphela ngo-1792.