When Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022, her 70 years on the throne fell slightly short of the record for a sovereign ...

Video - The 'Code noir,' enacted in 1685 under King Louis XIV, defined the rules of slavery in France's colonies. Prime ...

A huge collection of historic gold coins, recovered from the wall of a house in France after their owner passed away, has ...

In 17th-century France, red dye was expensive. Its use proclaimed opulence and majesty. Album As he grew, Louis XIV wore his brown hair in long, wavy curls. Before the king began to bald ...

As for Louis XIV, the connection is traced through an English lady who wed a count of Béarn in the 15th century, located in Southwestern France. Their great-granddaughter ascended to become ...

Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King due to his ... which still hosts guests of France’s head of state. Versailles remained the epicenter of French royal power for more than a century, until ...

During his life, which was short by today's standards—only 54 years, Louis XIV of France created spectacular gardens at his palace at Versailles, southwest of Paris. He called himself the Sun ...

Louis XIV's iconic "bachelor pad" is one of the most ... queens and political leaders who made up France's pre-Revolutionary ruling class. Versailles was the centre of power and the material ...