Teresa d'Este, wife of the duc de Penthièvre, died in childbirth Princesse de Lamballe, duc de Penthièvre's daughter-in-law, killed in the September massacres of 1792 during the French Revolution Napoleon, Emperor of the French Charles X, king of France, who signed his 1830 abdication in the castle G. Lenotre, French author and historian Ernest Hemingway, American writer and journalist, lived a few days in Rambouillet in August 1944 Charles de Gaulle Sébastien Faure, Anarchist activist and pedagogue, who set up La Ruche ("The Beehive") free school near Rambouillet in 1904 Didier Pironi, Professional racing driver Gérard Larcher, former Mayor of Rambouillet, Senator of the Yvelines, President of the Senate (reelected in October 2017), and several times minister Jacqueline Thome-Patenôtre, Politician, member of the National Assembly for Seine-et-Oise and later Yvelines from 1958 to 1973. She was also Mayor of Rambouillet from 1947 to 1983. Vincent Maes actual student in bascan who died in Rambouillet François Ier, king of France, died in castle in 1547 Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse, son of Louis XIV and father of the duc de Penthièvre, died in castle in 1737 Maria Teresa d'Este, wife of the duc de Penthièvre, died in childbirth in castle in 1754 Germaine Coty, née Corblet, wife of French president René Coty, died at the château de Rambouillet on 12 November 1955 Georges Wilson, French film and television actor and director, died at the Rambouillet hospital on 3 February 2010. Education Schools in the commune include: Eight pre-schools (écoles maternelles): Arbouville, Bel-Air, Clairbois, du Centre, Les Jardins, la Gommerie, de La Louvière, and La Ruche Seven elementary schools: Arbouville, Clairbois, Gambetta, La Louvière, La Prairie, Saint Hubert, and Vieil Orme Three junior high schools: Collège Catherine de Vivonne, Collège Le Racinay, and Collège Le Rondeau Lycée Louis Bascan, a public senior high school/sixth-form college Private schools include: Institution Sainte Thérèse, which includes pre-school, elementary, junior high, and high school École Jacinthe et François (private elementary school) Collège Saint Jean Bosco (private junior high school) Universities: University Institute of Technology of Vélizy Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University International relations Rambouillet is twinned with: Great Yarmouth, England, United Kingdom (1956) Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany Torres Novas, Portugal Waterloo, Belgium Zafra, Spain See also Duchy of Rambouillet Antoine Sartorio Communes of the Yvelines department References External links Official website Communes of Yvelines