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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 04

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The Duc de Coislin died about this time. I have related in its proper place an adventure that happened to him and his brother, the Chevalier de Coislin: now I will say something more of the Duke. He w..

Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01

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Louis XIV, known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a soverei..