How much money did the Ancien regime spend on Versailles ?
To economise on their maintenance at court , and to prevent the queen ( to whom a large , allied brood would give comfort ) from having too much influence , the last four of the princesses were raised far from the court , at Poitou in the Fontevraud Abbey from 1738 to 1750 , where they passed their formative years before returning to Versailles .