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 from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any monarch in...
5, page 250, it is stated that Louis XIV of France was treated with quinine. This is not strictly true, in that quinine was not extracted from cinchona bark by Pelletier and Caventan in France until 1820, whereas Louis XIV was born in 1639 and died in 1715. The bark of the tree ...
Citizens were permitted to build a new and indefensible town on a plain across the the river Aude. It was laid out in the latest fashion in a grid pattern and known as the Bastide de Saint Louis (after King Louis IX of France). Later, in the fourteenth century, the pentagonal city was...
At theChateau Huetel, distinguished guests were often invited to plant a tree.Edward Prince of Wales, did so in 1925. The Future Duke of Windsor was one of the most famous guests of the stay. According to the chronicles of the time, he arrived by train to the establishment, which then ...