On March 10, 1661, the political landscape of France shifted in a way that would shape the course of European history for decades. With the death of Cardinal Jules Mazarin, the powerful chief minister who had governed France during the minority of King Louis…
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On September 1, 1715, the sun set on the longest-reigning monarch in history. “The story of Louis XIV’s death is worthy of a Shakespearean tragedy,” writes the Palace of Versailles. His health started to decline on August 10 1715 upon his return from a hunting trip…
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