The announcement of Charles III's cancer caused great emotion in the United Kingdom and made headlines in France itself.
Human suffering arouses compassion and the body of the sovereign, in monarchies, is a political subject.
But how many of our fellow citizens know this?
The star of the kings of France, Louis XIV, was also constantly suffering.
The Sun King, who we imagine to be all-powerful and glorious, has, in reality, endured countless infirmities throughout his life.
It is these behind the scenes of Versailles that we are going to tell.
King from the age of four, Louis XIV faced his first serious illness five years later.
In December 1647, doctors diagnosed smallpox, which was then called smallpox.
At the time, this pathology, fatal in more than one in two cases, claimed thousands of young victims each year.
The life of the child king is therefore in danger.
However, his death would trigger attacks by the Greats and the Parliament of Paris against the authority of the crown.
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