Versailles really IS one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been lucky to visit. It’s so gorgeous, and you really cannot cover it in a day. The view of the garden and lakes is stunning. The detail, the absolute luxury is MIND BLOWING, the glamour is great, and all a definite treat for the eyes. But- I’m glad this documentary shows that it was built on the lives, the backs, the blood, sweat and tears of people (kids and adults) who were struggling to survive.
And to add to your very true statements... if one wants to do Versailles and Les Hameaux, I recommend staying a night or two at the Waldorf there. Le Petit Trianon is amazing! Beyond comparison! And some of the rooms overlook the fields where Marie Antoinette's sheep graze and roam. So lovely!!
I've always been fascinated by modern French history ever since studying it in high school, and now I see why the revolution happened. Well done, very informative.
This is one of the finest documentaries I have ever seen. The attention to detail is extraordinary, a lavish production and fascinating as well. Bravo!⚜📽 👏‼
Excellent documentary. Truth. Louis, no different than the bureaucrats we are dealing with today. Arrogant, self-absorbed, imperious and disconnected from reality.
Louis XIV was the very antithesis of the modern day bureaucrat. He was in fact, very decisive, and he had to be as just about every decision about the governance of France past his desk. For all of his frivolity, he was an extremely hard worker, and I think you make a very big mistake by superimposing our ideas of leadership onto 17th century, France. It was a totally different ball game. The problem that France faced was with such an overcentralise state created by Louis required a very dynamic leader at its centre. sadly, Louis XV and Louis XVI were not that dynamic which in turn led a bureaucratic stasis and huge political frustration, that ultimately led to the French Revolution. It should further be remembered that the 18th century was the Age of the Enlightenment with the ideas of Jean Jacques Rousseau and Montesquieu etc that completely debunked the ideas of the Divine Right of Kings that was the Sun Kings stock in trade.
What a great time I had watching this. Just took my mind away from a lot of stress and I was totally taken in by how well this was done. Just the right amount of history, with the commentary breaks explaining situations. I wasn't expecting this to be so detailed. Excellent channel with a very prolific catalog of good content. If this has any bearing on the other videos, I am excited to watch other stuff. I just watched the Enigma one, the codebreakers of WW2. European history is just so sophisticated and interesting. I can watch this stuff for days and days.
Fascinating documentary! Very interesting to discover new facts, especially concerning the divide between the nobility and the monarchy before the Revolution.
And no mention of King Louise brother Prince Philip. One of most amazing characters in history. The loved each fiercely but fought just like any other brothers.
Truly a riveting documentary. I was compelled to watch from beginning to end. Most of us British love history. Thank you, everyone involved made this compelling.
This is a romanticized version of History. Because it is forgetting a little too quickly the hundreds of thousands of peasants and children who died of hunger while the court gorged itself, that the queen lost fortunes every night gambling, but also in her clothes and jewelry. Her shepherdess fantasies drove the people mad with anger, who suffered from an unprecedented famine. The nobility refused to submit to taxes to compensate for the considerable losses due to the aid given to the Americans for their revolt against the English monarchical regime, hereditary enemy (the word is not innocent knowing that most of the kings of France were of French origin) of France, and continued to maintain this increasingly extravagant lifestyle by increasing the taxes of the people who already had nothing to eat to survive. The Frenchmen have no need to apologize for a tyranny they suffered for several centuries (17th and 18th centuries).
This really is a brilliant and quite masterful presentation of the history of the House of Bourbon. I have read, or tried to read, books about the French Revolution and only managed to get lost in the tailles, the privileges of the clergy and aristocracy, and the varying systems of local government. It was all more confusing than the ongoing Middle East crisis. But with this historical documentary, finally I begin to understand.
love how its just the servants in this rendition that elevate themselves anywhere - versailles stunk to high heaven from everyone doing any bodily function anywhere...ick!
This documentary is awesome . The production value is so good and detailed. ❤ they missed any key elements on L/XVI & M.A.. like when they tried to scape on a luxurious cart , how Louis got a royal cart on the execution and MA got a pig carriage , exposed to the crowds to be beaten ,how she lived 10 years in prison with no knowledge of the wearabouts of the children. Her time under the revolutionaries was beyond horrible .
30:00 Louis XIV short? He was 1.84 meters (6'1") tall, The kings of France were all very tall compared to their contemporaries. This came from their common ancestor Francis I.
I wonder if the previous promiscuity played a part in the fall of the French Monarchy? The reason I ask is because the presence of the churches influence on the public at that time.
I would think not - any negative sexual propaganda in the years leading up to the Revolution mainly focused on the alleged promiscuity of Marie Antoinette and her inner circle rather than Louis XVI. Many saw him as a weak and oblivious cuckold. While the church was powerful, it was no where near as focused on or strangely obsessed with the sexual habits of its members as the Puritans in GB or the US were.
Many if not most priests were killed during the revolution as they were not what you think of as a Christly. Many were guilty of indulgences the same as nobility.
I think if I had been the king's mistress, I wouldn't have gone to a convent but rather I would stay right there but just get out of the Kings way. I would like to raise my children. I wonder if I would be allowed to do that?
There were former mistresses who remained at Versailles but any illegitimate child of royal blood was usually placed with nurses and tutors in Paris as Versailles was not seen as an appropriate place to raise children. When Montespan moved her children to Versailles it was a huge scandal and seen as a direct insult to the Queen - and not because Louis was soon sleeping with and secretly married to her children’s governess, Mde. Maintenon.
@@xavi312 Too many for me to remember by heart! The first (I think at least from what we have in primary sources) was Catherine Bellier - I think he was 15 when his mom hired her to “teach him” about that life - and apparently she was far older and not exactly attractive but when people found out he was with her, they started treating her like the woman to be with and be seen with. Mlle Vallière is the next one I can remember b/c she was his first official maîtresse en titre - she was the one who kept running to the convent - and then add the two I mentioned above.
@@xavi312 Not really. Plenty of women had illegitimate children for Louis XIV and once he tired of them, he usually would marry them off so he could get on with the next and if anything, being known even as a former mistress was an enviable position as they had nothing better to do all day than gossip and figure out who was the fanciest i.e. closest to the king or his immediate circle. Vallière begged to go to the convent on her own accord - not because she was afraid of scandal. It was probably more scandalous that she went and that’s why they kept bringing her back.
It is demanding that all historical estimates regarding Monarchy or Royal ruling would be given in righteous images and avoid any of nonrealistic inform of historical issues.
Great videos but Madame Montespan, Madame Pompadour and Madame du Barry actresses are not even remotely resembling these famous women - despite of existence of many portraits of them… pity!
@@KCohere33 Where is your IQ when you need to retrieve it for practical use. Do you really think i mean they go back in time and literally change the course of history, they do indeed change the perception of the viewer by glamourizing the king when in fact he used to look saggy and unattractive,, sort of retrograde propaganda
With Lafayette can my great,great..etc grandfather. He stayed in the US due to its democracy and the lack of individual advancement based on talent ....so the story goes....
Louisville Kentucky was named after King Louis XVI. The statue of him on Jefferson St was removed during the blm protests for fear of vandalism. I have a photo of it somewhere, he has one arm extended out as if he's showing which direction to for the explorers Lewis and Clark to go down the Ohio River.
As awful as he was, Louis XIV is one of my favorite historical figures. He really was the beginning of the end of the French Monarchy. As a astrology buff it makes so much sense he was a virgo sun leo moon/venus and scorpio rising. Charming and powerful yet fickle selfish and never satisfied.
Where are the White Wigs? None of these people would have even been allowed to present themselves without ALL the mentionings in my query..Where is the white makeup? Where are the dozens of beauty marks covering up pock scars? Where are the blue painted veins on the faces and necks? Where are the overabundances of white linen shirts? Where are the rotted missing teeth? The king himself had horrible skin, hair, teeth and breath. Where is the mentioning of foul stench and rodents in the palace due to defecating, urinating and vomiting for years on end which rotted the marble causing constant replacement? This doc. is "cleaned up" for this audience. Sad and NOT AT ALL realistic for today's learned audience. Unfortunate for the younger people watching who will not know the truth of history. Irresponsible of the producers, writers etc. Very unfortunate indeed.
If ne had paid more attention to the colonies france could havve been a great country like england but queen Victoria and her family outsmarted france at everythi ng
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Can we just talk about how the actor playing Louis is perfection at it? Like damn that man might be Louis the 14th reincarnated
Who is that? He is very handsome.
@@lisacarey8416Samuel Theis french actor
Louis XIX was not even remotly as good looking.
“Stupid as a basket” is such a delightful description 😂
Ain't it though?!😂
Versailles really IS one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been lucky to visit. It’s so gorgeous, and you really cannot cover it in a day. The view of the garden and lakes is stunning. The detail, the absolute luxury is MIND BLOWING, the glamour is great, and all a definite treat for the eyes. But- I’m glad this documentary shows that it was built on the lives, the backs, the blood, sweat and tears of people (kids and adults) who were struggling to survive.
And to add to your very true statements... if one wants to do Versailles and Les Hameaux, I recommend staying a night or two at the Waldorf there. Le Petit Trianon is amazing! Beyond comparison! And some of the rooms overlook the fields where Marie Antoinette's sheep graze and roam. So lovely!!
Yes even through the centuries that Palace of Versailles, the assets theg
The costume and makeup departments were ON IT for this! Down to how they aged the three actors. Just wow.
I've always been fascinated by modern French history ever since studying it in high school, and now I see why the revolution happened. Well done, very informative.
This is one of the finest documentaries I have ever seen.
The attention to detail is extraordinary, a lavish production and fascinating as well. Bravo!⚜📽 👏‼
Not at all accurate according to historians at the Museum at Versailles.
@@gregorybowden1515 Really? That's interesting. and disappointing.🙁
I suppose you found that info on the Museum at Versailles web site?
Excellent documentary. Truth. Louis, no different than the bureaucrats we are dealing with today. Arrogant, self-absorbed, imperious and disconnected from reality.
Yup. He is a terrible person
Louis XIV was the very antithesis of the modern day bureaucrat. He was in fact, very decisive, and he had to be as just about every decision about the governance of France past his desk. For all of his frivolity, he was an extremely hard worker, and I think you make a very big mistake by superimposing our ideas of leadership onto 17th century, France. It was a totally different ball game. The problem that France faced was with such an overcentralise state created by Louis required a very dynamic leader at its centre. sadly, Louis XV and Louis XVI were not that dynamic which in turn led a bureaucratic stasis and huge political frustration, that ultimately led to the French Revolution. It should further be remembered that the 18th century was the Age of the Enlightenment with the ideas of Jean Jacques Rousseau and Montesquieu etc that completely debunked the ideas of the Divine Right of Kings that was the Sun Kings stock in trade.
And the only person who can make a difference is being chastised by those who need to be "removed" from power! 😡
Are you serious???He was the king of France!!Not a monk.
It’s obvious people who cancel Kanye were there the same way they’re here
I think having to live at Versailles would have been awful even surrounded by the beauty of the place.
What a great time I had watching this. Just took my mind away from a lot of stress and I was totally taken in by how well this was done. Just the right amount of history, with the commentary breaks explaining situations. I wasn't expecting this to be so detailed.
Excellent channel with a very prolific catalog of good content. If this has any bearing on the other videos, I am excited to watch other stuff. I just watched the Enigma one, the codebreakers of WW2.
European history is just so sophisticated and interesting. I can watch this stuff for days and days.
Fascinating documentary! Very interesting to discover new facts, especially concerning the divide between the nobility and the monarchy before the Revolution.
And allow me to note that the actress portraying Marie-Antoinette looks so much like Princess Grace of Monaco that it is just uncanny.
None of the experts acknowledge Louis the fourteenth's spectacular lack of foresight and the role he played in ensuring the revolution.
great one! New learning for this old teacher! Thanks!
And no mention of King Louise brother Prince Philip. One of most amazing characters in history. The loved each fiercely but fought just like any other brothers.
Truly a riveting documentary. I was compelled to watch from beginning to end. Most of us British love history. Thank you, everyone involved made this compelling.
British history?
Love*
We all owe Marie Antoinette an apology
This is a romanticized version of History. Because it is forgetting a little too quickly the hundreds of thousands of peasants and children who died of hunger while the court gorged itself, that the queen lost fortunes every night gambling, but also in her clothes and jewelry.
Her shepherdess fantasies drove the people mad with anger, who suffered from an unprecedented famine.
The nobility refused to submit to taxes to compensate for the considerable losses due to the aid given to the Americans for their revolt against the English monarchical regime, hereditary enemy (the word is not innocent knowing that most of the kings of France were of French origin) of France, and continued to maintain this increasingly extravagant lifestyle by increasing the taxes of the people who already had nothing to eat to survive.
The Frenchmen have no need to apologize for a tyranny they suffered for several centuries (17th and 18th centuries).
I am in love ❤ with the costumes. What an excellent documentary 😊 simply excellent ❤
Very nice and comprehhensible documentary. A big help to understanding complicated french history. Makes one want to learn more.
LOVED this !!! I would love to see more like this on other royalties in the world
Love the bear💕
This really is a brilliant and quite masterful presentation of the history of the House of Bourbon. I have read, or tried to read, books about the French Revolution and only managed to get lost in the tailles, the privileges of the clergy and aristocracy, and the varying systems of local government. It was all more confusing than the ongoing Middle East crisis. But with this historical documentary, finally I begin to understand.
love how its just the servants in this rendition that elevate themselves anywhere - versailles stunk to high heaven from everyone doing any bodily function anywhere...ick!
This was so wonderfully done!
This is one of my favorites
This documentary is awesome . The production value is so good and detailed. ❤ they missed any key elements on L/XVI & M.A.. like when they tried to scape on a luxurious cart , how Louis got a royal cart on the execution and MA got a pig carriage , exposed to the crowds to be beaten ,how she lived 10 years in prison with no knowledge of the wearabouts of the children. Her time under the revolutionaries was beyond horrible .
This was a great documentary bravo
No wonder syphilis was rampant & they needed perfume- they didn’t bathe. Still don’t much.
Funny how when Louie became less of a despot and loyal to his wife, she became a “spider lurking in a corner”. 😂
I know right 😒
Spectacular production.
He pretty much paved the way for the revolution
Hmm ~~
Perhaps the American Congress should thoughtfully view this film and take a lesson from History ~~
30:00 Louis XIV short? He was 1.84 meters (6'1") tall, The kings of France were all very tall compared to their contemporaries. This came from their common ancestor Francis I.
excellent
You cannot spend your way out of a recession
2.30.00 "asking turkeys to vote for early Christmas"by refusing to pay taxes fairly that's what the nobles did.
I wonder if the previous promiscuity played a part in the fall of the French Monarchy? The reason I ask is because the presence of the churches influence on the public at that time.
I would think not - any negative sexual propaganda in the years leading up to the Revolution mainly focused on the alleged promiscuity of Marie Antoinette and her inner circle rather than Louis XVI. Many saw him as a weak and oblivious cuckold. While the church was powerful, it was no where near as focused on or strangely obsessed with the sexual habits of its members as the Puritans in GB or the US were.
Many if not most priests were killed during the revolution as they were not what you think of as a Christly. Many were guilty of indulgences the same as nobility.
I visited Versailles in January and even though it was bitterly cold you could still detect the smell of human sewage.
its always been a dump for human sewage.
I smell manure in some comments here.
😂 "Peasants" , you mean 😅
I like the first one better
🇦🇺🍿❤ thanks for this!!!
Watching how French Monarch run their empire explains the revolution. lol… what a time…
-1:27:50 thats was a damn good fortune teller.
If you've ever wondered why the French do not have a monarchy... Watch this film and figure it out.
They weren't as England.
Please!? What is the music at 32:11? I can't find it anywhere. It's haunting. Thanks in advance
32:19, sorry.
To be fair, the Curse of the Mother worked.
Anyone else here see "The Man in the Iron Mask"? Doesn't the guy playing Louis look like the captain of the guard under D'Artanian?
I mean...there are three Louises here..which one lol
I think if I had been the king's mistress, I wouldn't have gone to a convent but rather I would stay right there but just get out of the Kings way. I would like to raise my children. I wonder if I would be allowed to do that?
if you weren't the king's mistress, you may end up someone else's anyhow
There were former mistresses who remained at Versailles but any illegitimate child of royal blood was usually placed with nurses and tutors in Paris as Versailles was not seen as an appropriate place to raise children. When Montespan moved her children to Versailles it was a huge scandal and seen as a direct insult to the Queen - and not because Louis was soon sleeping with and secretly married to her children’s governess, Mde. Maintenon.
@@xavi312 Too many for me to remember by heart! The first (I think at least from what we have in primary sources) was Catherine Bellier - I think he was 15 when his mom hired her to “teach him” about that life - and apparently she was far older and not exactly attractive but when people found out he was with her, they started treating her like the woman to be with and be seen with. Mlle Vallière is the next one I can remember b/c she was his first official maîtresse en titre - she was the one who kept running to the convent - and then add the two I mentioned above.
@@xavi312 Not really. Plenty of women had illegitimate children for Louis XIV and once he tired of them, he usually would marry them off so he could get on with the next and if anything, being known even as a former mistress was an enviable position as they had nothing better to do all day than gossip and figure out who was the fanciest i.e. closest to the king or his immediate circle. Vallière begged to go to the convent on her own accord - not because she was afraid of scandal. It was probably more scandalous that she went and that’s why they kept bringing her back.
Excellent documentary 😸👍🙏👍🙏
Which series? 😊
As a great man once said, “It’s good to be the king”.
Films name plese
unfair and corrupt. leads to a fall every time.
It is demanding that all historical estimates regarding Monarchy or Royal ruling would be given in righteous images and avoid any of nonrealistic inform of historical issues.
Happy Ending on his own - LOL she has to think about how to say it elegantly for a minute.
What’s the name of the actor playing Louise XV?
Stanley Weber
This king sounds like a predator.. who describes a king is supposed to make love with gusto.. if his mistress took to long he would take a maid 😬💀
The french are mega weird about this stuff
No wonder they had to invent perfume
Forgot to mention his disasterous persecution of sklled and able protestants. London, the Netherlands and Dublin benefited
Everybody should live like the sun king ..sadly some people had to work .
Can we get the actors names?
Samuel Theis,Stanley Weber both french actors
@@eleonora78 Thank you 😍
@@eleonora78
Stanley Weber was also in 'Outlander', as the Comte St Germaine
Given how the nation's masses in Britain are suffering, where is there courage? Why isn't the British family on the balcony facing Britain's citizens?
It’s good to be the King !
Louis WAS France.
🌿🍃
Yep and still are Very Superior!! no good👎
Nobody needs monarchies, France has done very well without one.
Is this Julie Andrew's narrating? If not - sounds really close
Such excess
Yeah the palace was beautiful but people urinated and defecated everywhere.
Great videos but Madame Montespan, Madame Pompadour and Madame du Barry actresses are not even remotely resembling these famous women - despite of existence of many portraits of them… pity!
Well the King was no where near as good looking as this actor. Not at all in my opinion.
They are just actors.
They are changing history showing beautiful alpha males as kings when in reality the king was saggy and had bad looks
They’re not changing history, lol. Using handsome actors which is common, doesn’t change what happened in the past.
@@KCohere33 Where is your IQ when you need to retrieve it for practical use. Do you really think i mean they go back in time and literally change the course of history, they do indeed change the perception of the viewer by glamourizing the king when in fact he used to look saggy and unattractive,, sort of retrograde propaganda
@@MorningStar-369 Was Louis as handsome as he is portrayed at the paintings when he was a child?
What caused him to look so ugly?
With Lafayette can my great,great..etc grandfather. He stayed in the US due to its democracy and the lack of individual advancement based on talent ....so the story goes....
Lack.....talent in France..
The noble need to get off there privilege horse and help put some money in it's country and save there heads
1:57:40
Louisville Kentucky was named after King Louis XVI. The statue of him on Jefferson St was removed during the blm protests for fear of vandalism. I have a photo of it somewhere, he has one arm extended out as if he's showing which direction to for the explorers Lewis and Clark to go down the Ohio River.
I love that the AI text calls he king Charles EX, not Charles the Tenth. Trash.
Are you making reference to auto-generated subtitles?
Traduzir para o portugues
I wish i couldt live for 1. Week im that time.
Perhaps later with a time machine?
Hahaha
Ooh la la
Love the French they don't take crap
Unless in war and then they are famous for retreating and surrendering
I get it was diffrent back then but discussing a 15 year olds sex life seems strange to me I'd be like get a life noble people
how many were KILLED??!!!
"We" means "God and me".
As awful as he was, Louis XIV is one of my favorite historical figures. He really was the beginning of the end of the French Monarchy. As a astrology buff it makes so much sense he was a virgo sun leo moon/venus and scorpio rising. Charming and powerful yet fickle selfish and never satisfied.
Astrology buff 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I was watching this and immediately had to go look at his astrology chart too. It is pretty crazy how clear it is here.
Where are the White Wigs? None of these people would have even been allowed to present themselves without ALL the mentionings in my query..Where is the white makeup? Where are the dozens of beauty marks covering up pock scars? Where are the blue painted veins on the faces and necks? Where are the overabundances of white linen shirts? Where are the rotted missing teeth? The king himself had horrible skin, hair, teeth and breath. Where is the mentioning of foul stench and rodents in the palace due to defecating, urinating and vomiting for years on end which rotted the marble causing constant replacement? This doc. is "cleaned up" for this audience. Sad and NOT AT ALL realistic for today's learned audience. Unfortunate for the younger people watching who will not know the truth of history. Irresponsible of the producers, writers etc. Very unfortunate indeed.
That's truly something. I only admire the Clothes of them, but I always forget their habits.
Ten children in ten years. Yeah, I'd be tired of it, too. 😂
Napoleon was the only monarch of France that brought rich to the country the monarchs after him were leaches France feel quickly after him
Napoleon was Emperor, not a king.
@@DiabolicalAngel The empire is a monarchy.
What about Henry IV?
yep why his people starved.
I liked the Spare. After this story I like him even more And the rest of the royals elitist fooligans
madame pompador was a cold piece of fish like many.
Madame de pompadour wasn’t one of his mistresses, she was his great-grandsons mistress 😅
Why do the female historians talk like he has a crush on them?
That’s not a historian, she wouldn’t even make it as a mistress of the guards entering the city.
@@AryanHomeland She is a historian. Also erotic novelist alas.
If ne had paid more attention to the colonies france could havve been a great country like england but queen Victoria and her family outsmarted france at everythi ng
Fruits and nuts
Tell me how you people think you know this stuff without the realization that you are fictionalizing it.
What exactly is fictional in this?
Exiguous history. Just make a porn movie why don't ya.
Lol.
Not once have you mentioned about his subjects that he cared and provided for them
Hummmmmm, very entertaining movie very, but totally untrue of louis' true indentity. Very misleading indeed. 🤔🤔🤔
🤢too french for me!✌️
Ah yes....if only they bathed.
Justin trudeau
@2:02:23…she is extremely pretty & I like how she explained it, and the
expression on her face "happy ending, on his own"😂!
47:43 So-- women weren't the only pastime of his. 😑 The last Louis was probably not into women.
1:57:14
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