Louis XIII may have started the trend, but his successor, Louis XIV, would take it to new heights. The four-year-old king succeeded his father in 1643, when Europe’s fashion capital was Madrid.

LOUIS XIV was the King of France who tyrannically governed his empire from 1643-1715. The extravagant monarch, who vowed to rule with absolute power, is one of the longest serving rulers in history… ...

In her new film Marie Antoinette, Sofia Coppola presents the doomed queen and King Louis XVI as mere humans crushed by a monarchy deformed by artificiality and ossified tradition. Coppola's film ...

The exhibit "Louis XIV: The Man and the King" gives visitors the 17th century ruler in all his varied incarnations. A massive oil painting shows the cherub-faced child who ascended to the throne ...

In 1661 the 23 year-old French king Louis the XIV had been on the throne for 18 years when his chief minister, Cardinal Mazarin, died. Louis is reported to have said to his ministers, “It is now ...