Names Louis-Dieudonné de France House Bourbon Father Louis XIII Mother Anne of Austria Religion Catholicism Signature Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was King of France fr...
Louis XIV. continued as if he had seen nothing, although this emotion had not by any means escaped him. “Now, let us conclude between us two the bargain I promised to make with you one day when you found me in a very strange predicament at Blois. Do me justice, monsieur, when you...
Nestled in the leafy 16th arrondissement, the Team GB House is a magnificent eighteenth century hunting lodge boasting a rich history that dates back to Louis XIV — a fitting location for one of the power-house nations of the Modern Olympics. Olympic Membership - Free Live Stream Sports & Or...
crowns fromWilliam and Marywhen he lands in Ireland in 1689. After the defeat of theJacobite forcesby theWilliamitesat theBattle of the Boynein July 1690, James returns toFrance. He lives out the rest of his life as apretenderat a court sponsored by his cousin and ally,King Louis XIV....
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Unwilling to create a popular martyr as had happened with the executed Charles I, William allowed James to escape and fled to France where Louis XIV gave the exiled monarch the use of a palace and an ample pension. James was intent on returning to his birthright, however, and took advantage...
Saint-Germain-en-Laye is in Paris’ western suburbs and has been a royal residence to numerous monarchs, but none had a greater connection to the location than King Louis XIII. The little-known king lived in the shadow of his father Henry IV and son Louis XIV (the Sun monarch), and sp...
Louis once more looked at the musketeer, The latter smoothed the feather of his hat, then his mustache, and waited bravely. Louis XIV. continued: “You quitted my service, monsieur, after having told me the whole truth?” “Yes, sire.” “That is, after having declared to me all you...
It has been seen, by the account we have endeavored to give of it, that the entree of King Louis XIV. View in context In the country of Zouman, in Persia, there lived a Greek king. This king was a leper, and all his doctors had been unable to cure him, when a very clever phys...