The truth behind the death of Louis XIV has been revealed. On the KBS 14TV show 'Secret of Celebrity Soldiers' aired on the ...

The name “King Cake” is a reference to the Biblical story of the three kings or wisemen who brought gifts when Jesus was born ...

Portland State University’s School of Music and Theater will stage Molière’s 17th century French satire Tartuffe at Lincoln Hall. Opening Thursday, Feb. 27 and running through Sunday, March 8, ...

Researchers looking for the remains of Patrick Sarsfield, one of the great tragic figures of Irish history, have found a skeleton in Belgium which they believe may be him. Sarsfield was one of the ...

The Queen has told how she yearned as a young girl to be a beautiful French woman who ends up in the court of the 17th century Sun King, Louis XIV. Camilla, who was crowned Queen last year ...

The machine was designed at the request of the French king Louis XIV—the monarch who commissioned Versailles, also known as the Sun King. His and his successors’ courts are mainly remembered ...

It wasn’t until his successor, King Louis XIV, took the throne that Versailles was expanded to become a grand palace for the monarchy and home to the French government for over a century.

Hopefully this will help. The series follows King Louis XIV of France as he tries to quash the rebellious nobility by trapping them in the luxurious cage of his new palace – his father’s old ...

King Louis XIV's quest for immortality leads him to capture and steal a mermaid's life force, a move that is further complicated by his illegitimate daughter's discovery of the creature.

The heels were a symbol of her elevation, quite literally lifting her off the ground. 3. King Louis XIV of France sent the popularity of heels stratospheric A big moment in the history of the high ...

Alexandre Dumas' classic story about good and evil twin brothers: the imprisoned man in the hideous iron mask and his foppish, elegant twin brother, King Louis XIV of France.

She was the longest-reigning monarch in British history and the second longest-reigning monarch in the history of the world, behind French King Louis XIV. She died at age 96 on September 8 ...