Science and Splendor," a new exhibition illustrates how the royal court encouraged innovation during the reigns of Louis XIV, ...

Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals ...

In 1661, Fouquet invited the young French king, Louis XIV, to a party at his magnificent chateau on the outskirts of Paris, Vaux le Vicomte. Fouquet proudly displayed his grounds (dotted with more ...

Laura French The Château de Versailles ... you might be surprised to learn that King Louis XIV's extravagant former residence had pretty humble-ish beginnings. His father, King Louis XIII ...

Territory was swapped and the border demarcated. And the deal was sealed with a royal wedding, as the French King Louis XIV married the daughter of the Spanish King Philip IV. One other detail was ...

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 ...

Louis XIV insisted that the French aristocracy decamp from Paris to ... Only the Queen of Hollywood could subject King Andy to such a masterclass of lese majeste Only the Queen of Hollywood ...

French explorer Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, and a small party arrive at the mouth of the Mississippi River. La Salle claims the region and names it Louisiana in honor of King Louis XIV of ...

The French public thought that policing was better ... the diners at the banquet and the ordinary people that the Sun King Louis XIV would have appreciated. This was the first of a three-day ...