1715: The Sun King Is Dead!

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Contemporaries thought the Sun King to be immortal, but in the summer of 1715, Louis XIV died at age 76 in his architectural masterpiece, the Chateau of Versailles, due to gangrene, and his death caused a crisis of succession.

Jan 22

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6:20AM

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58 Min

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2023

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TV-PG