King Louis Philippe I of France received an American visitor, a Mr. Hughes, the American charge d’affaires in Stockholm.
By 1789 France was broke. The nobility refused to pay more taxes, and the peasants simply couldn't. Even the opulent King Louis XVI, fonder of hunting and locksmithing than governing, recognized ...
Anne's father, King James II, had converted to the faith ... they're frightened of the reputation of Louis XIV. France's armies had dominated the continent for over half a century.
When King Charles III became king after his mother's death in September 2022, Camilla was given the title queen consort, a title that is given to the wife of a reigning king. Princess Anne ...
In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a carved shield with the coat of arms of St Louis (Louis IX), King of France (1214-1270). The shield shows "azure, a semee de lys or" although there is ...
As of Monday, she has been on the throne for 70 years and 127 days, second only to Louis XIV of France who became king at the age of four. She overtakes Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej ...
Andy Warhol in his house on Lexington Avenue, New York City, 1966 | Louis XIV, King of France 1638-1715, by Claude Lefèbvre | BBC / Getty Images Andy Warhol seemed to come from the future - from ...