Scientists believe they have discovered the real cause of death for Louis XIV, the King of France who died in 1715. Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King, died Sept. 1, just four days before his 77th ...

Cognac has been in production for centuries, but not every distillery withstands the test of time. The oldest cognac distillery goes back to King Louis XIV.

When Louis XIV died in 1715, doctors believed they understood exactly what claimed the life of Europe’s longest-reigning monarch. But centuries later, a surprising discovery inside the king’s ...

Scientists have reexamined a mummified fragment of Louis XIV’s heart and now say the Sun King may have died from a chronic fungal infection rather than the gangrene long believed to have killed him ...

A centuries-old French château with ties to Louis XIV is on the market for the first time in nearly 80 years, asking $22.9 million. Known as the Château de la Bretèche, the roughly 16,000-square-foot ...

Born at Brussels in 1634; died in 1690; aged 56. He was invited to Paris, and appointed painter to Louis XIV with a pension of two thousand livres, beside being paid for his work. He attended that ...

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