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The prestige of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, constructed by St. Louis, led to some patrons having such a chapel built in their castles or palaces. Sainte-Chapelle was the architectural model for the chapel in the castle of Vincennes. King Charles V (1364-1380) began the building of this chapel in 1379. In 1422 this chapel stood complete apart from the roof, the buttress piers, and the vault; these were added between 1520 and 1550.
The castle chapel in Vincennes shows in many of its windows, constructed from about 1380 to 1420, early forms of the Flamboyant style.
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