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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 ...
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.
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
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] Henrietta of England, sister of Charles II of England and sister-in-law of Louis XIV of France, who helped negotiate the secret terms. [7]
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 diarist Saint-Simon asserts that her family threw her in the way of Louis XIV in the hope that she would become a royal mistress. In 1670, she accompanied Henrietta on a visit to Charles II at Dover. The sudden death of Henrietta left her unprovided for, but Charles appointed her as a lady-in-waiting to his own queen, Catherine of Braganza.
Louise de Lavallière (1922) – German historical drama film portraying the life of the seventeenth century French courtesan Louise de La Vallière, a lover of Louis XIV [154] The Loves of Pharaoh (German: Das Weib des Pharao ) (1922) – German historical epic film about Pharaoh Amenemope [ 155 ]
However, the question of the Spanish inheritance was not discussed at Ryswick, and it remained the most important unsolved question of European politics. Within three years Charles II of Spain would be dead, and Louis XIV and the Grand Alliance would again plunge Europe into conflict – the War of the Spanish Succession.