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Agreed. Louis XIV definitely settled down after he married Madame de Maintenon . . . . Thank you for watching!

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Thank you for the comment! From what we have seen in her writings, she does seem quite sensible indeed, with a good sense of humor too. (She probably needed it to handle Philippe. . . .)

Indeed it was. Unfortunately not enough of us know about it in US, I’m afraid. Thanks you for watching and for your comment!

@@HistoryofArt-365 Actually I was being ironic. My father was a fan of the poem "The Battle of Blenheim". In the poem a peasant and his children found the bones of soldiers killed in the battle. The children keep asking what the battle was about. The father knows the names of Eugene and Marlborough, but has no idea about what they were fighting for, or what it meant All he can repeat is that "It was a famous victory." The poem is a commentary about how we idolize generals and battles, but in the end, the causes that in their day summoned mighty armies and killed thousands are as dead and forgotten as the skulls in a field.

Thanks for enlightening us. We did not know of the poem, but now we do, thanks to you!

Thank you so much! Hope you enjoyed it.

That’s interesting! Hortense Mancini definitely lived a very interesting life. Thanks for watching!

@@HistoryofArt-365 Didn't she cross dress & have bisexual affairs?

She definitely did cross dress, and had some women falling over for her, as I understand. We are planning a stand-alone episode on her, so please check back in!

Sorry, I meant demasculated!

Louise resembles Mazarin's niece

I totally agree! Especially on your assessment on how Louis was spoilt beyond belief! Thanks for watching!

Totally agree. But they themselves made some mistakes along the way . . . . Thank you for watching, and for your comments!

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To have gone through so many pregnancies, and to die at the age of 26. . . . It is tragic. And to think her daughter would also die at the same age!

Glad you enjoyed the video, and the pictures. Thank you for watching!

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Thank you for watching! Currently the part 2 is being made, and we hope to be posting it by Sunday. In the meantime, please enjoy our other episodes in the series using the playlists we created! Playlist France: ruclips.net/p/PL4JLMcO9A9cIg1SPn9fenoYPjXg4idarB&si=daVcBr3cIVwgVIo3 Playlist Spain: ruclips.net/p/PL4JLMcO9A9cILy1-5LU4bziN4W6rMdWQo&si=d_VaCSLKcYIyVyy1

Thank you for watching! I completely agree with you there…

Thank you for watching and for your comment! I agree with you completely (except for the part on the American heiresses, only because I don’t know much about their stories - maybe an interesting subject for research and future video series!)

@@HistoryofArt-365 That would be very interesting to some of your viewers. The story that I'm most familiar with is Consuelo Vanderbilt. What the poor young woman had to endure, first from her mother, Alva Vanderbilt and then her first husband, Charles Spencer-Churchill, the 9th Duke of Marlborough. These families are so complex in how they are related to each other, but Diana Spencer and Winston Churchill are from the same family. Just like the royal families of Europe!! It would be so helpful to have a huge family tree chart instead of trying to piece together the quilt that are the royals and the nobility!! Anyway, there is a lot out there about the American heiresses too. Some were really cruelly treated. Your channel came up on my YT feed and I will watch the rest of your videos. I just find history so interesting. Thank you for your reply to me.

Thank you for the excellent suggestions!

@@HistoryofArt-365 I'm glad that this is something that you can look at!

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You are absolutely right. Louis wanted to get a death sentence for Fouquet, but did not get it. Fouquet was imprisoned for life, and died in confinement. Thanks for clarifying, and thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching! (I won’t personally comment on anyone alive, but to each their own.)

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You don’t think so? I guess I have a different ideals for girls that age. Or maybe she just had a good portrait artist (and it would have been hard to beat Velasquez). Thanks for watching!

​@@HistoryofArt-365 Great history lesson. But I get the idea that no one actually knows who "The Spare" is, let alone his travesty of a wife. ❤

Thanks for watching. They actually both have the name Henrietta, as the daughter was named after the mother. The wife is Henrietta Maria, and the daughter was Henrietta (or Henrietta Anne, with the name Anne added later in France.). Hope that cleared it up!

That’s a good one! Thanks for watching!

The joke was on Wallis Simpson. She played around with David and got burned; he was in love with her and gave up the throne. She was stuck with the needy, boring man for the rest of her life when she was in love with another. It's all a bit Shakespearian.

@@auntbroccoli9992 he got his in the end...(Edward, i mean) She would drag him to parties where he sat alone in a corner, and Wallis played around with younger men. All the best to you!

Thank you for your comments. We will check out the playlist to see if we can fix any problem. Thanks for watching!

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Yes… unbelievable, but true. Her husband was also just about 15 at the time of their marriage. Thank you for watching!

Thank you for watching, and pointing out our errors. You are correct, indeed. We have used the term "princess" somewhat loosely, in the same manner it would be used in modern sense, to mean a daughter (or direct descendent) of a king. But as you point out, there is a distinction between a "princess" and an "infanta" of Spain. We will make those distinctions clear in the future videos. We appreciate your corrections, and will try to make sure we address your comments to improve our future videos.

@@HistoryofArt-365 I admire how you accept correction and criticism. To me, it's one of the marks of a genuine scholar.

Thank you! We view every correction as an opportunity to improve, since, after all, we are but a couple of students of history and armatures in video making who find these stories interesting. Hope you enjoyed our videos!!

@@HistoryofArt-365 Um... an armature is a framework, or a mechanical part of an electromagnetic device. I think what you mean is _amateurs,_ meaning non-professionals. Reading through the comments leads me to believe y'all are less than particular about word meanings. Listening to your vid strongly indicates a lack of grammar skills. This is part of what's keeping y'all amateurs instead of pros. Hire an editor. Do it fast. Get one who knows at least a bit about art history. You have a lot of good things to say, but you're saying them downright sloppily. There's zero excuse for it. Don't depend on Grammarly or any AI editing. _Hire a genuine human. The woods are full of good writer/editors. Locate one._

Thank you for watching, and also for your patience with our mistakes. We will try to do better!

Thank you for your kind encouragement! We will try to continue bringing you more interesting stories, so please stay tuned!

Thanks for watching and commenting! We will continue with the story of this marriage in the next video.

True. I couldn't be married to a gay man.

@@jamellfoster6029 Unless you're a gay man, too. But I gather you're a woman, as am I, and I agree with you completely.

Thanks for the comment. We will try to be more careful with these details!

@@HistoryofArt-365 Thanks for taking my comment in the positive encouraging light in which it was intended :)

@@HistoryofArt-365 The opening portrait is Louis XV, not Louis XIV.

Thanks for the comment. After some follow up research, we concluded the opening portrait is of Louis XIV, by Juste d'Egmont (Justus van Egmont). There are indeed portraits of Louis XV wearing similar coronation robes and in similar sitting pose. If you still think the portrait was of Louis XV, please let us know of the details. Thank you for watching!

@@HistoryofArt-365 Sorry for the mistaken correction....It may well be Louis XIV as you attribution. Excellent channel! Bon Chance.

Thank you for your kind words! We will try our best to bring you more interesting stories!

Thanks for watching our channel! In fact, his second wife also failed to conceive.