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Louis XIV, le Roi-Soleil
1638 - 1715
Europe's longest reigning monarch
Some Quotes of Louis XIV:
There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.
Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.
Every time I bestow a vacant office,
I make a hundred discontented persons and one ingrate.
Whatever side I take,
I know well that I will be blamed.
The Genealogy of LOUIS XIV
Information is from Ed Stephan, Western Wasington University, courtesy of The Encyclopedia of World History 2001
LOUIS XIV and His Times:
-Time line 1640 - 1780
from www.theotherside.co.uk
-Chronology of Louis XIV’s reign 1643 - 1715
from www.france.diplomatie.fr
-Louis XIV
From the Catholic Encyclopedia
-Louis XIV
Brief history of Louis XIV
from The Columbia Encyclopedia,
Sixth Edition. 2001.
-Louis XIV
Louis XIV background history
from www.theotherside.co.uk
-Louis XIV
Louis XIV and French history,
from professor Gerhard Rempel,
Western New England College
-Louis XIV
from Philippe Erlanger
Copyright © 1994-2002
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
-Louis XIV
Brief History of Louis XIV and his times
from Delamere Resources Ltd
-Louis XIV
Brief French history about Louis XIV
from kipar.org
-Louis XIV
Louis XIV and history
from the Houghton Mifflin Corp.,
page has a helpful timeline at the bottom of the
page,
many internal correlated links.
-Military Fortifications
French fortifications during Louis XIV’s reign
from www.theotherside.co.uk
-History of Flanders
Louis claims Flanders; History of Flanders
from www.theotherside.co.uk
-Versailles
from www.chateauversailles.fr
-Memoires of the Duc de Saint-Simon
from The Modern History Sourcebook:
Duc de Saint-Simon: The Court of Louis XIV;
The Duc de Saint-Simon resided for many years
atVersailles. He left an account of Life there.
-The Man in the Iron Mask
Some theories about the identity of
The Man in the Iron Mask,
from www.royalty.nu
Versailles Palace
Construction was begun in 1623 by Louis XIII.
Louis XIV, his son, continued construction
from 1661 - 1668.
The front gates of Versailles
The front courtyard and the equestrian statue of Louis XIV
Versailles' grand esplanade
Versailles' gardens behind the palace
A view from the rear of the palace
The Apollo fountain
The Interior of Versailles
The Hall of Mirrors (La Galerie des Glaces)
where the Treaty of Versailles
was signed by Germany in 1919
to end World War I.
The Queen's bedroom
Maria Theresa, wife of Louis XIV,
lived here until she died in 1683.
It was later redecorated by Queen Marie Antoinette
and is just as she left it in 1789.
Louis lived here in his suite,
the "Grand Appartement du Roi".
“And since the Sun is the emblem of the King,
seven planets were taken to serve as the subject
of the paintings of the seven salons of this apartment.”
Félibien des Avaux, 1674
Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) had a group of artists under him
to decorate the palace’s ceilings,
while he had charge of every decorative detail.
The Throne Room
Salon of Hercules
Napoleon's bedroom in Versailles
Napoleon and Josephine's Coronation Painting in Versailles
Napoleon's portrait
For more information about Versailles,
go to:
http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/100_Plan_du_Domaine_de_Versailles.php.
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