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S5.E1 ∙ Louis XIV, l'ennemi de l'Europe (1701-1711)

Wed, Dec 15, 2021

The 18th century begins with a political earthquake in Europe. On January 22, 1701, the Duke of Anjou, grandson of King Louis XIV arrived in Madrid and settled on the throne of Spain under the name of Philippe V while hoping to wear the crown of France soon. All the enemy powers, starting with the Author, then unleashed themselves to prevent France and Spain from being united by the same throne. With mischief, Bruno Solo recounts how the war of succession in Spain once again ravages the European continent.

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S5.E2 ∙ Louis XIV, le crépuscule

Wed, Dec 15, 2021

The end of the reign of Louis XIV is a tragedy. With the war of succession from Spain, disease and death decimate the royal fa mille of France. The throne of the Sun King is barely saved by his great-grandson. But the child is only 5 years old and is too young to rule. On his deathbed, Louis XIV bids farewell and prepares his succession. In Spain, King Philip V, who is also his grandson, still hopes to succeed him.

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S5.E3 ∙ L'héritage du Roi-Soleil

Wed, Dec 22, 2021

At the National Archives in Paris, Bruno Solo reopens with emotion the will of King Louis XIV. This document, written on August 2, 1714, while the sovereign was ill, caused tremors throughout Europe on the day after his death. Louis XV, being only 5 years old, who will govern in his name? Philippe II, Duke of Orleans, the nephew of the deceased king, was in charge of the Regency for seven years. During this period, the alliances in Europe are upset, the morals of the French are liberated. The Regent tried to re-establish the economy and trained Louis XV to one day rule his kingdom.

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S5.E4 ∙ Louis XV, le bien aimé

Wed, Dec 22, 2021

At the age of 13, crowned, of age, the heir of the Sun King takes the reins of his kingdom. But the health of Louis XV is fragile. It is urgent to marry him in order to give an heir to the throne. In the name of peace, the king was engaged to the Spanish infanta, who was only 7 years old. Determined to reverse this alliance, his ministers set out to find a new queen for France. The choice of the Polish Marie Leszczynska created a scandal and led to a new war in Europe.

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S5.E5 ∙ Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche, l'impératrice guerrière

Wed, Dec 29, 2021

After the birth of ten children in ten years, the young king Louis XV distanced himself from his wife and became dizzy in the arms of his mistresses. But his frivolity is interrupted by the death of the Holy Roman Emperor in 1740, when no one in Europe accepts that the Emperor's eldest daughter, Maria Theresa of Austria, and her husband, Franz Stephan of Lorraine, inherit his crowns. Bruno Solo tells with passion how Prussia, France, Bavaria and England enter the war of the Austrian succession.

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S5.E6 ∙ Madame de Pompadour, marquise des Lumières

Wed, Dec 29, 2021

After the War of the Austrian Succession, Louis XV became the "unloved one". The King of France took refuge in the arms of Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, known as the Marquise de Pompadour. An aesthete, she made France and its king shine through the arts. She defended the philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment, and then entered the "king's secret". For Louis XV has set up a network of spies in charge of conducting a parallel diplomacy for him: a tool that will prove to be decisive in the immense conflict that is about to take place.

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