Michel Villedo


Michel Villedo was a French stonemason from Creuse, who became advisor and architect of royal buildings for Louis XIV of France.

Biography

Villedo was born in 1598 in Pionnat, in the Creuse department in the Limousin area in central France. He began his career as a stonemason in the reign of Henry IV of France, and finished his careerer as advisor and architect of royal buildings for Louis XIV. He died in Paris on 9 December 1667.