Louis XIV was King of France for a whopping 72 years. As his sobriquet, “The Sun King,” suggests, Louis came to symbolize the big, bright, magnetic pomp of the French monarchy at its peak. Behind the ...

Charles X of France lived in the lap of luxury and privilege once he ascended to the throne following the Bourbon Restoration ...

Henry VI became King of England at barely eight months of age and also held the French throne. He is remembered as one of the ...

What do Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Neil Armstrong, Chuck Yeager, Allan Shepard, Yuri Gagarin, Felix Baumgartner, the Wright brothers, the last king of France, and Benjamin Franklin have ...

King Charles III became the first British monarch to make a speech from France’s senate chamber on Thursday, praising the “indispensable relationship” between the UK and its neighbor which he said was ...

Safety barriers on the French King Bridge between Gill and Erving are now fully installed. The only work that remains pertains to surrounding portions of the French King Bridge, including the sidewalk ...

We couldn't have dreamed of anything better. This Sunday marked the beginning of the Kings League World Cup with two French clubs in action. It was Aminematue's F2R that kicked things off against the ...

From Madame de Pompadour to Jeanne du Barry, these women wielded power in pre-Revolutionary France as companion to the king. This painting of Louis XV and his last mistress Madame du Barry was ...

It sounds like the plot of a heist movie. On October 19, priceless items of jewelry and royal regalia were stolen, in broad daylight and in a matter of minutes, from the Louvre's gilded Gallery of ...

Giant wigs were a must-have for any man in the court of Louis XIV. The king’s absolute love for big hair sparked a trend that spread all over 17th-century Europe. King Louis XIV (in the silver wig) ...

The film stars Artus, who directed and starred in last year's French box office hit 'A Little Something Extra' ...