unhistorical:

May 10, 1774: The reign of Louis XVI begins.

Louis XVI succeeded his grandfather Louis XV as King of France and of Navarre at age nineteen. By this time he had already been married to the Austrian Archduchess Maria Antonia, or Marie Antoinette, for four years; their marriage had, so far, been unfruitful — the couple had failed to produce any children and would not until 1778; in addition to his and his wife’s progenitive problems, the new King was faced with numerous issues which required the immediate attention of a tenacious and resourceful head of state (he was not one), including France’s financial problems (later including the enormous debt accumulated after the American War of Independence), and various social, economic, political problems that the King was in the end unable to fully address, though not due to a severe disinterest or lack of intelligence but rather the feebleness of his character (he was often described, as both a child and adult, as shy and indecisive). Some of his actions were popular with the people, such as his approval of the Edict of Versailles in 1787, which granted certain non-Catholic religious groups the right to openly practice in France; he also reinstated the regional parlements, which decentralized power from the crown but also enabled nobles to block the attempted radical reforms of Terray and Maupeou, who were both dismissed only months after Louis XVI’s ascension to the throne. Tensions between the privileged First and Second Estates and the Third Estate (whose members made up 98% of the country’s population), widespread food shortages, and general unrest and malaise, persisted throughout his reign. 

In 1789, the King was forced in his desperation to summon the Estates-General, the first time this assembly had been called in 175 years; this summons, the declaration of the National Assembly, the Tennis Court Oath, and the Storming of the Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution, which ended - at least for Louis - in his deposition and execution. 

fuckyeahmonsieur:

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jaded-mandarin:

Detail from Portrait of Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, Prince of Oneglia.

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liona5:

→  The Golden Age

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liona5:

→ requested by furryham

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“Those who saw me managing the cares of royalty with such ease and with such confidence induced me to add [to the image of the sun] the sphere of the earth, and as its motto NEC PLURIBUS IMPAR, by which they meant to flatter the ambitions of a young king, in that with all my capacities, I would be just as capable of ruling still other empires as would the sun of illuminating still other worlds with its rays. I known that some obscurity has been found in these words, and I have no doubt that the same symbol might have suggested some happier ones. Others have been presented to me since, but this one having already been used in my buildings and in an infinite number of other things, I have not deemed appropriate to change it”.

—Louis XIV, 1662 

furryham:

Age Progression: Louis

Le Roi Danse 2000

louis-etoile:

awanderbeast:

Work it Sun King. Work it.

>:}D

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party-like-it-is-1660:

louis-etoile:

Louis XIV, roi de France, en Apollon Pythien, allégorie de la victoire sur la Fronde, par Werner

Strike that pose, Louis!

This so looks like a pose Philippe would adopt when checking himself out in the mirror. 

Ahahah God you are so right !! “Omg I killed a dragon ! Quick take the pose sweetie !”

party-like-it-is-1660:

Philippe de France, duc d’Orléans, à 37 ans, en 1677, par Mignard.

Wow so much Philippeness on my dash ♥.♥ Please people don’t stop *Q*

fuckyeahmonsieur:

Le Roi donne ses ordres pour attaquer en même temps quatre des plus fortes places de la Hollande, 1672 

Painted on the ceiling of La galerie des Glaces at the Château de Versailles, detail and engraving of the Prince de Condé (left) and Monsieur Philippe d’Orléans (right).

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Philippe d’Orléans (1640-1701), dit Monsieur, frère de Louis XIV, est placé devant le roi auprès de la carte montrant les villes qui doivent être attaquées. Le roi vient de lui donner l’ordre de mener le siège de Rheinberg, et Monsieur, se touchant la poitrine en signe d’acceptation et de révérence (Garnier 1982), montre à l’aide du bâton de commandement qu’il tient dans la main droite les préparatifs en cours : soldats se mettant en marche, rassemblant leurs armes et leurs chevaux dans la partie gauche du tableau. En sa qualité de frère du souverain, Monsieur est placé sur le plus haut degré de l’estrade, mais Louis XIV le dépasse d’une tête. La symétrie entre le roi et son frère se complète par la couleur de leurs capes : à l’or de la cape royale répond le bleu de celle de Monsieur, constituant ainsi le bleu et or de la monarchie française. Le visage de Monsieur, peint sur une pièce de toile séparée, a été une des rares zones qui posait de tels problèmes de conservation, lors de la restauration de 2004-2007, qu’elle a dû être démarouflée [décollée] pour permettre une intervention sur le fragment de toile et sur l’enduit de plâtre lui servant de support. Cette partie, qui était très lourdement repeinte, a pu être notablement améliorée. (from the source)

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liona5:

→ 21st January King Louis XVI is executed

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liona5:

♣ Fangirl Challenge  → [10] movies → Le roi danse  (9 /10)

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fuckyeahmonsieur:

“But do you still think of this Chevalier de Lorraine? Do you still care for him? Would you like to see him returned to you?”

“Truly, Monsieur,” replied Monsieur, “that would be the greatest joy that I could know my whole life.”

“Very well,” said the King, “I wish to make you a present; in fact the courier left two days ago. [The Chevalier] will return; I give him back to you and want you to remember all your life that I have done this for you, and that you love him for the love of me. And I shall do more, for I shall make him camp marshal in my army.”

On these words Monsieur threw himself at the King’s feet, embraced him about his knees and kissed his hand with unsurpassed joy.

“Brother, that is not how brothers should embrace,” said the King, raising him up and kissing him in fraternal fashion.

— Mme de Sévigné in a letter to Mme de Grignan, Paris, 12 February, 1672.

vivelareine:

The storm on Versailles by François Léopold Flameng, 19th or 20th century

source: chateau-versailles.npage.de

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