The Death of Louis XIV, which unspools in chronological fashion, first sees various members of the court ask Louis to join their parties and gatherings, which he politely refuses. It’s clear ...

September 1 marks the 300th anniversary of the death of King Louis XIV, France’s longest-reigning monarch. Logging 72 years on the throne, Louis eclipsed Queen Victoria by a decade.

Public Domain. When Louis XIV was 10, he was chased out of France by a band of angry aristocrats who wanted to keep royal powers in check. He had sat atop the throne for four years, but the ...

A recent invitation to the Getty Center for a press preview of their new exhibit “Woven Gold: Tapestries of Louis XIV” (on exhibit through May 1, 2016) had me very excited for reasons beyond ...

Louis XIV also charged Le Brun with directing the complete makeover of the previously modest château of Versailles, where France’s own aristocratic corruption would one day sink the royal ...

And Louis XIV: L'Homme et le Roi, a new exhibit set in the Baroque splendor of the Palace of Versailles (through Feb. 7), sheds a timely light on the spirit of decadence.

You could call Fraser's new book, Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King, a sort of prequel. It was the Sun King (1638-1715) ...

LOUIS XIV., it must be said to his credit, had from his earliest years a strong sense of his kingly dignity, and an unswerving determination to play his kingly part thoroughly, even at the expense ...

Chateau Louis XIV has broken the record for the world’s most expensive home. Magali Delporte /eyevine. And apparently, it’s finally ready for the Crown Prince to move in.

In late 2020, rumors once again circled the internet about the womanizing 17th-century ruler of France King Louis XIV who was thought to have had a fetish for watching women give birth.