The Capital begins celebrating 'We Love the King Day' for Turnsīecause of the size of our empire, it is difficult to know the needs of all our people.And we shall have them all wear silly things, so that they don't look as good as I. What a fabulous evening to hold a ball! All our good friends and dear relatives shall be in attendance, as well as the finest and richest people that France has to offer. The world over will weep for this loss."ĭefeat: I did not think I should live forever.Įvents and Decisions Hold a Masquerade Ball So, what gifts have you brought me?"ĭefeat: "Oh my, what an uncouth barbarian you are! I am positively disturbed by your lack of concern for the beauty of this earth. You must be blessed to witness the grandeur of my being. No King has ever walked this earth to bear such a glorious shadow as mine. Introduction: "I am Louis XIV, by the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre. Introduction: "By the heavens, what is this unrefined thing that walks into my court so heedlessly? You stand before the King of France, the most beautiful, serene, and pious of all the Kings of this world. Can you restore the refinement and power of the Bourbon throne? Can you, with guile and excellence, restore the treasured crown of the divine kings? Can you build a civilization that can stand the test of time?
Your great majesty, the Kingdom of France is bereft of the glory that had once adorned it, and your people grieve for ages past. Though a man of indulgence, your legal and cultural codes would form the basis of both Napoleon's Empire and the French Republics to come, and you would ultimately leave in your wake the most glorious century with which France has ever been blessed.
At five, you inherited the French throne - the most ancient and noble of the thrones of Europe - and for seventy-two years a modern state would be your design. Peoples the world over rejoice, for never before have they seen such a glorious and finely dressed monarch as you, O' Louis XIV, the Sun King of France. For the next 18 years she ruled France with the able assistance of Cardinal Mazarin, who may or may not have also been her lover, while Louis lived in pampered splendor. Louis XIII died when his son was five, and the regency passed to the queen mother, Anne of Austria. His every need was catered to, and he was given an excellent education, even if he was too lazy and spoiled to appreciate it. The period of the Merovingian and Carolingian Frankish dynasties (476-887) frames the Early Middle Ages.īorn to King Louis XIII of France, Louis XIV was raised in the most opulent court in Europe.
By 418, the Franks and Burgundians were established west of the Rhine, and the Visigoths had settled in Aquitaine. After 395 AD the internal problems of the Empire encouraged barbarian penetration of Gaul. For more than four centuries Gaul enjoyed the benefits of Roman rule, and many ruins of aqueducts and bathhouses still dot the French landscape. The result was the formation, in 121 BC, of the Roman Provincia in what is now southern France between 58 to 50 BC Julius Caesar seized the remainder. In the 2nd century BC Rome intervened on the side of Massilia (Marseilles), a Greek colony founded in 600 BC, in its struggle against the barbarian tribes of the hinterland. Modern France has its roots in ancient Gaul.
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