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Drama 52 min episodes 3 seasons 30 episodes Ended TV-MA
IMDb7.9
Those who come after us will think that they are just fairy tales...
The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and political maneuvering, revealing Versailles in all its glory and brutality.
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Using the spectacular estate of Versailles as a backdrop, these three seasons follow the lives of King Louis XIV (George Blagden) and his brother Philippe, Duc D'Orléans (Alexander Vlahos). The former has been king since he was about five years old, his brother a much more entertaining, flamboyant and sexually fluid individual for almost as long. The first season sees the King alight on their father's old hunting lodge and decide it is to be his new grand palace. Aided by his faithful valet "Bontemps" (Stuart Bowman) and ruthless police chief "Marchal" (Tygh Runyan) and facing the duplicity of the likes of the Duc de Cassel (Pip Torrens) he must assert his royal authority before his kingdom crumbles away. The King also must reconcile the aspirations of his wife, Marie-Thérèse of Austria with his string of mistresses including the Marquise de Montespan (Anna Brewster) and the Princess Henriette (Noémie Schmidt) - who just happens to be the rather unfulfilled bride of his sibling. Philippe, meantime, is enjoying a life of frills, shoes, booze and having a lively relationship with the Chevalier de Lorraine (Evan Williams). As the plots thicken we move to a second series that, with the
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