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The film revolves around the French king Louis XIV's rise to power after the death of his powerful advisor, Cardinal Mazarin.To achieve this political autonomy, Louis deals with his mother and the court nobles, all of whom make the assumption that Mazarin's death will give them more power.
The film, The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966), directed by Roberto Rossellini, shows Louis's rise to power after the death of Cardinal Mazarin. The film Man in the Iron Mask (1998), directed by Randall Wallace , focused on the identity of an anonymous masked prisoner who spent decades in the Bastille and other French prisons, and his true ...
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV; V. Vatel (film) This page was last edited on 20 June 2024, at 01:53 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Louis XIV had succeeded in establishing the principle that a new treaty would be fixed within the framework of the Treaties of Westphalia and Nijmegen, and the Truce of Ratisbon, but with the Emperor's demands for Strasbourg, and William III's insistence that he be recognized as King of England before the conclusion of hostilities, it hardly ...
(source: Cardinal Richelieu's Political Testament), Louis XIII established Absolute Monarchy in France during his reign. When his son and successor Louis XIV came to power, a period of trouble known as the Fronde occurred in France, taking advantage of Louis XIV's minority. This rebellion was driven by the great feudal lords and sovereign ...
Reproduction de scènes historiques de l’époque Louis XIV (1910) L’affaire du collier de la Reine (1911) Director: Camille de Morchon; Vues cinématographiques (1) (1911) Director: C. Gilbert; Vues cinématographiques (2) (1911) Director: Jacques Brindejont-Offenbach; Vues cinématographiques (3) (1911) Vues cinématographiques (1) (1913)
Indeed, taking advantage of the power vacuum caused by Louis XIV's death in 1715, Philip announced he would claim the French crown if the infant Louis XV died. The validity of the renunciations was not debated in public until the French Revolution , when the National Assembly first addressed this issue in a three-day session beginning on 15 ...
Louis XIV died on 1 September 1715, and was succeeded by his five-year-old great-grandson Louis XV; on his deathbed, he is alleged to have admitted, "I have loved war too well". [113] True or not, while the final settlement was far more favourable than the Allied terms of 1709, it is hard to see what Louis gained that he had not already ...