the closer to God,” but King Louis XIV might have shared her sentiments some 300 years earlier. The French king, famous for his ostentatious sense of style, donned wigs with long flowing locks ...

King Louis XIV reigned from 1643 until his death in 1715 ... Lissieu may have made two instruments in the same style, but with subtle differences in decoration, to be played together." ...

"I always assumed that most Americans had no real stomach for the hubris and sheer garishness that defined the style ... Louis XIV and more his great-great-grandson — a man who became king ...

Airelles Chateau de Versailles - Le Grand Controle, an exquisite hotel set within the grounds of the Palace of Versailles that was built in 1681 by former resident Louis XIV's favourite architect ...

It is the late 17th century, and King Louis XIV is at the pinnacle of his power. Versailles is the hub of the French aristocracy, a great beehive dripping with honey — and bristling with stingers.

One of those figures to claim Texas was Louis XIV, king of France. He was the first French king to claim Texas, an important moment in Texas History, and would greatly influence all of Europe.

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 ...