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All in all, the cuts made by A&E distort the picture of Charles II's personality and political maneuvers whereas the version shown in Britain displays much more fully Charles II's "shifty insincerity" (as Will and Ariel Durant put in it The Age of Louis XIV) and his willingness to sacrifice loyal servants at need. Indeed, the cuts seem to have ...
At this stage, the only participants in the talks were Louis XIV of France, Charles II of England, and Charles's sister Henrietta, duchesse d'Orléans. Louis was first cousin to Charles (through their grandfather Henry IV of France); Henrietta was also Louis's sister-in-law through her marriage to his only brother, Phillippe, duc d'Orléans. [6]
Films about Louis XIV of France and his long reign (reigned 1643-1715). Pages in category "Films about Louis XIV" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) [c] was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France.
Louis XIV is portrayed by Thierry Perkins-Lyautey in the British television film Charles II: The Power and the Passion. The 15-year-old Louis XIV, as played by the Irish actor Robert Sheehan , is a major character of the short-lived historical fantasy series Young Blades from January to June 2005.
The two main candidates were the Austrian Habsburg Archduke Charles, and 16-year-old Philip of Anjou, grandson of Charles' half-sister Maria Theresa and Louis XIV of France. Shortly before his death in November 1700, Charles named Philip his heir, but the acquisition of an undivided Spanish Empire by either France or Austria threatened the ...
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966, TV film) Director: Roberto Rossellini; La petite vertu (1967) IMDb Director: Serge Korber; Parlons français (1967) Louis XV (1967) Darling Lili (1967) Director: Blake Edwards; The Tattooed One (Le Tatoué) (1968) Director: Denys de La Patellière; La Chamade (Heartbeat) (1968) Director: Alain Cavalier
Subject to extended periods of ill-health for much of his life, the issue of his successor was a matter of diplomatic debate for decades. For example, in 1670 Charles II of England agreed to support the rights of Louis XIV of France, while the 1689 Grand Alliance committed England and the Dutch Republic to back those of Leopold I, Holy Roman ...