King's bed Vaux-le-Compte
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The King’s Beds (Just in case!)

The new chateau at Vaux-le-Vicomte had a special room for the King to stay.  Louis was so enraged when he

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The Bourbon Kings: Henri IV-Louis XVI

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Louis XIV

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Vauban

Vauban was Chief Engineer for Louis XIV.  He changed the way war was conducted.  It was a totally different approach

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Louis XIV’s Legitimised Children

Louise de la Vallière Louis XIV legitimised his two surviving children by Louise de la Vallière and the six he

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Louis XIII
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CATCH UP—Louis XIII and Louis XIV

Almost 23 years after the double wedding of the two brothers with two sisters, the first child was born to

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