In the early 1670s, about 1000 young women - nicknamed the king's daughters ... Secretary of State for Louis XIV's navy, dreamt of making his country the dominant European power and mother ...

“At one point she landed up in the court of the Sun King Louis XIV. I think I must have probably ... She became an avid reader at a young age, inspiring a life-long love of literature that ...

During King Charles ... Prince Louis, made some meme-worthy facial expressions as he attended the festivities with his family. See the best photos of the young royal at the event Kelsie Gibson ...

This article studies a set of 199 educational playing cards published in 1644, commissioned by Cardinal Jules Mazarin as an educational device for the five-year-old Louis XIV upon his ... morals in ...

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.

Henry VIII was crowned on the 21 April 1509 and remained king until his death on the 28 January 1547. He had not been groomed for kingship and only came to the throne as the result of his brother ...

STEPHEN SMITH, the presenter of A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol, compares the courts of Warhol and the original Sun King, Louis XIV - casting The Factory as a 1960s version of the Palace of ...