Louis XIV looked out at his father’s old hunting lodge and envisioned a stronger, more unified and more magnificent France than the one he had inherited ... him after the disastrous War of the Spanish ...

It wasn’t until his successor, King Louis XIV, took the throne that Versailles ... a commune in the department of Yvelines, Île-de-France). The estate of Versailles, which includes the palace ...

Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon and Louis XIV of France were married for 29 years. They dated for 1 year after getting together in 1684. After a 1 year engagement they were married in 1686.