Louis XIV - The King of France (1643-1715) - The Sun King

Louis XIV, was a king of France and Navarre, and known as "The Sun King". He was born September 5, 1638 at the Château Neuf of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and died September 1, 1715 in Versailles. His reign extends from May 14, 1643 - under the regency of his mother Anne of Austria until September 7, 1651 - until her death in 1715. His reign, lasted 72 years, was one of the longest in the history of Europe and the longest in the history of France.
Director : Dominique Mougenot, Thierry Bruant et Catherine Mignot
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[@harrietharlow9929]

Louis XIV was my father's favourite French king. I remember being told as a young child that he was the "Sun King" and some of the first French I learned was "l'etat c'est moi" ("I am the State). Being something of a French royalty buff, I find him the most interesting of the last three French kings (Louis XVI wsn't a bad sort, but didn't seem to realize that the age of constitutional monarchs had arrived).

[@harrietharlow9929]

One of the things I liked was that while he had many mistresses, he did see to his wife's pleasure as well (Madame De Montespan actually had a couple of spats with Louis over that). It may have been somewhat perfunctory, but other kings have been known to completely neglect their wives--here's looking at you, Henry VIII. In a way, it's sad that he could not marry Marie Mancini, but such were the ways of royalty at the time and compared to say, the marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, his marriage to Marie Therese was a rip-roaring success--fortunately most royals can now follow their hearts ( I do try to judge by the standards common amongst royalty at the time since to judge by modern standards is not fair, IMO).

[@gorgeousgeorge7960]

@@harrietharlow9929 interesting

[@pierren___]

He never said that he is the state. He said the contrary : I die, but the state stays. He wrote memories fyi

[@gorgeousgeorge7960]

@@pierren___ but was he sexual?

[@pierren___]

@@gorgeousgeorge7960 what ?

[@johnlandau7111]

Excellent presentation. Full of factual detail, and told in a dignified, serious manner. Would that all KZbin documentaries were this good.

[@Garbeaux.]

It’s bc it was professionally made. Not everything on KZbin is made by amateurs. People have always uploaded professionally made documentaries. They don’t tend to get flagged like movies or tv shows.

[@WallyBDO]

"Your majesty, you are a Catholic monarch; you can't call yourself a God-King" "...Fine. Sun King then?" "...Fine"

[@123dan165]

I believe those days it was "Your Christian Majesty"

[@ucheokoroafor8273]

Please post the other King of France documentaries in English. They are very interesting.

[@harrietharlow9929]

I'd love to see more on the French monarchs.

[@christopherhobbit408]

@@harrietharlow9929 you will The monarch shall return

[@CountessKitten]

Yes, I too, would love to see more documentaries about the French Monarchs in this series. Thanks in advance and God Bless

[@АлександрНикитин-ь7ъ]

Thank you for the video. I got a lot of pleasure and inspiration from the video, thank you.

[@bobbyokeefe4285]

Why keep posting just the first parts of all these documentaries?

[@HarbingerOfBattle]

I know this is from a 30 episode series covering all the French Monarchs.

[@MiqueiasLinsdoSantos]

Fantastique histoire!❤(Osvaldo Cruz-SP-Brasil)

[@kaybrown4010]

More, please!

[@ruthrath2]

Really enjoyed the documentary but why stop before the dragonnades and the persecution of protestants?

[@kinglorrena8283]

He was a Virgo, I get it now

[@junesilvermanb2979]

God Save The King!

[@BenTrem42]

34:23 I think someone may have written a resonant essay, just here, just now ...

[@BenTrem42]

"Central government" is what even liberals would abhor, yes? And yet ... as though a hint of what a few of us have held up as _"the emancipation project"_ this is a key moment. Freedom ... liberation ... chaos ... rebellion (see Camus)

[@thegoodlydragon7452]

There's an irony in that he chose as his metaphor the sun outshining all the other stars because in reality the sun is a pretty average star.

[@cloggy010]

amazingly and complete

[@saratorres1322]

En español por favor. Me encanta la historia.😘🇨🇱

[@irawilliams343]

He was an effective monarch but he failed to keep the books in check which led to the French Revolution

[@jenipugh8811]

Love 😘💋 you ❤️ yay 😍👍💯 luioue the 14; yay for class a plus for us awesome thanks 👍😊 peace ✌️ queen 👑 Elizabeth prayers 🙏 bless you ❤️ in all history love 💕🥰 people are precious watching history of wales 🤴🥳🐸🤗 the king 👑 of history love 💕🥰 god bless you all beautiful day love you guys.

[@juanolivares1300]

France and the French people, restore the Monarchy to bring more glory and prestige to the nation. Yes, a Constitutional monarchy works just fine.

[@AD-kv9kj]

No. Monarchy is poison. Under all monarchies, 97% of the people of France lived in extreme poverty, abuseand suffering. But since history books are mainly written by dictators, all you know is some fairytale of glory and greatness told by the corrupt bourgeoisie.

[@robnewman6101]

I wish France was a Kingdom today. A Monarch. Its so sad & such a shame its not anymore. R.I.P French Royalists. R.I.P gone Kingdom of France.

[@LosDesfilesdeModa]

Will return, louis xxi

[@thelonesage3146]

Well that was a nice listen to as I walk now I wan't to know more.

[@hfhfu5711]

Why is the English speaker over speaking the French narrator? I don't understand much English and rather hear it in french my first language

[@robnewman6101]

72 years reign on the throne of France.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Alas , Robespierre would not come along for another 80 years !!

[@66bayouboy]

Where is part 2?

[@BenTrem42]

10:52 "The nobles attempt to reverse power" ... so haughty! Might it be that you are against the simplest egalitarianism?

[@BenTrem42]

BTW, all this happens while he had his sociopathy mother and psychopath Cardinal very much in control. Who did what when? you're childish, for the sake of clicks. Now, really, isn't that worse than even just childish of you?

[@BenTrem42]

BreakingNews: history isn't just a joke

[@alanhorton7300]

The costumes in these dramatizations look like they come from a Halloween store.

[@andrealuisecandido1154]

Really? Fashion has changed ofTen ThaTs all

[@alanhorton7300]

@@andrealuisecandido1154 What does that have to do with the costumes being cheap and shitty?

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

22:25 The "Bottle-Nosed Dolphin" is how the subtitle rendered "Dauphin". I've seen some rotten attention to detail, but that's just ludicrous.

[@jamesanonymous2343]

INFORMITIVE, BUT DRY AS A BONE !!!!!!!!

[@FrankieParadiso4evah]

39:33 Papal is mispronounced here. The first syllable should rhyme with pay instead of pap! Murf rules, but not forever...

[@2msvalkyrie529]

You say Potayto......I say Potahto... Who cares ? ? It's a History Docu NOT a language lesson..

[@cloggy010]

marvellous

[@remcoremco9351]

Watch "versailles" it's a great series about Louis XIV

[@johnnycasteel7]

I had the same infection and surgery as Louie did 😂😂😂

[@emmilypalmer9269]

I think there might have been a fake pregnancy “23 years later miracle baby”. I feel like I’ve seen that Desperate House Wives episode.

[@CountessKitten]

Wrong

[@emmilypalmer9269]

@@CountessKitten can you prove it??? ;) lol

[@CountessKitten]

@@emmilypalmer9269 wlWell, actually no. I believe that it was 100% a real pregnancy. Perhaps Louis 13 wasn't the biological father though, in which case I'd say it would be Jules Mazarin. But I do believe the pregnancy was real. Anne of Austria was not well liked and I think had it been necessary to stage a pregnancy and bring in a changeling, then they'd have just done away with her somehow altogether. Also, the French Courtiers and Aristocracy, especially The Royal Family, kept very detailed & advanced records that we'd likely have some clues if there were any suspicions of a fake pregnancy. There are none. I have a Bachelor's in European History, with my thesis on The French Royal Family. So, I do have a little leverage here, but I cannot prove it, no. 🤫🤔🤨😒

[@Natashaa_1]

I thought this too! It definitely raised my eyebrow.

[@heliedecastanet1882]

@@CountessKitten When the remains of Louis XVII were found, there was a DNA expertise made with the remains of Henry IV. The match was perfect. If Louis XIV had not been Anne and Louis XIII's son, the match would have been impossible. Besides, the common rule was for the queen to give birth in public, so as to make sure there was no possible substitution of the baby. Moreover, take a close look at the portraits of Anne d'Autriche and Louis XIV : he looked like his mother. On the contrary, Louis XIV's brother looked like his father.

[@steph1433]

Bla bla bla,everyone has an opinion

[@cristianm7097]

Wow. Henriette Anne was gorgeous.

[@jamiemohan2049]

That portrait is actually of her mother. Who has a similiar name and was the sun kings paternal aunt. She was the wife of king Charles I of England.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Uhm... the title picture looks definitely more like a woman with heavy overweight and kind of Basedow eyes than a king/man. Now let's see if the documentary looks better. ;-)

[@ucheokoroafor8273]

That's his mother. Queen Anne of Austria

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear@@ucheokoroafor8273 👍👌👏 Thanks for the information. Now I'm definitely kind of relieved and will watch the video at last. I wonder why they have chosen a picture of his mother as title photo!? Pretty weird and confusing (at least I feel this way). Best regards, luck and health.

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

I have always heard the name "Richelieu" pronounced as "REESH-loo", but here it is pronounced as "Ree-shell-YOO"... I'm guessing that neither are correct, but I wonder; which one is closer?

[@mathonamoore123]

Hello, both of those are incorrect too. Google - how to pronounce Richelieu. The main problem is with the 'lieu' part. It's not exactly LOO it is more like LEE UH, now say it faster as if, to join the LEE UH sounds. I can pronounce it, as I lived in Paris and speak French but you need to hear this one said. You can get away, with some written explanations of pronouncing words but the LIEU has a very unique sound, it is not LOO or YOO. You will understand me, when you Google it. Also, please listen to at least 2 pronunciations, as one I found is from a native French speaker (who often messes up actual Irish names, he butchers them lol I know them as I'm Irish! And he often makes mistakes pronouncing other languages too, I forget was it a Spanish or English place or person's name but he got it wrong. So it is advisable to check at least two pronunciations, to see how they differ or are the alike. Best of luck, from Ireland 🇮🇪💜💐 The 12th of May 2022.

[@francinerose4671]

@@mathonamoore123 I studied French for many years. I'd pronounce it Ree-shell-lyuh.

[@TonneMiessek2442]

I know why Spain wasn't beloved by King Louis. Spain was in the Garden of Eden. Castillians. In fact all of my problems has come from Spain.

[@shawnburnham1]

4:00

[@BenTrem42]

So many ways I'm impressed! That you initially ignored the young fellow's pathology, and then mumble through his preceding years. Goes to show what we get when yuppies do the minimum to get paid. B- p.s. as a wounded boy, he could well have grown to be a man of wisdom.

[@BenTrem42]

No, the front was a reaction to fact ... you know ... fact? how much it costs to feed our kids? Yuppies ...

[@BenTrem42]

BTW (How come you're so ignorant?) there is "offense" in the sense of attack, and "offense" in the sense of assault. That you don't realize reality is yet again painfully clear. Yuppies profit by 80/20. I have lived by good work done well. o_0

[@BenTrem42]

21:14 You deigned to notice his upbringing? Maybe that's because most all yuppies dare not address how their latch-key kids are now quasi-psychopaths. Gee, almost as though history is more than just war. o_0

[@BenTrem42]

Pay Pull ... not pah puhl. Language matters, _n'est-ce pas?_

[@seraphimpleiadian1350]

looks good

[@fiaaafifi]

14:03

[@PROvsjo._]

cool

[@debopriyabarua2589]

Nice

[@kirittosanbitter9573]

Yeah! Especially all the killing and violence and scheming and famines to pit kings in the throne or take them out

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear @@kirittosanbitter9573 👍👌👏 Yeah, you are absolutely right! But please don't forget all the "nice" inbreeding with so much "interesting" results! ;-) Best regards, luck and health.

[@PAUL-ge1kl]

Orf with his head

[@АндрейГущ-в8й]

так и есть наверное

[@aneskintveit9549]

God will probably save me. But im not naive. Its a Russisk korrupte doctor that has almost killed me. For 2 month s.her navn er Marina Ivanina. For 18 Mars. 2022.to .24.may.2022.Love to My Twinflame and Soulmates

[@mamoshimiloni9559]

France did not only lost a king denesty, butslowly she lost everything so much so that she like many countries today is voice less with some popet so called polotishens

[@tiananunez2178]

Crazy

[@jantruitt9241]

Am I supposed to be sorry about this man?

[@victoriacruz2504]

Who asked you?

[@janettempest716]

Did he cause the down fall of French monarchy 😱

[@AD-kv9kj]

Not really, that was a looong time coming and inevitable. When a tiny portion of a nation's population take the vast majority of their nation's wealth and cause endless suffering for the vast majority of the population, they are on a time limit. Same is happening now with billionaires. They will also face a global revolt eventually if they keep going on like this, it always happens throughout history and is always only a matter of time.

[@CountessKitten]

No