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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, April 1665
1 April, their Majesties and Madame travel to the Feuillants for the Tenebrae. 2 April, Jeudi Saint, his Majesty attends the ceremony of the Last Supper in the great hall of the guards of the Louvre. Then attends a sermon by the bishop of Dax, after which he washes the feet of twelve poor people and serves them “in…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, March 1665
1 March, his Majesty and Mademoiselle attend the baptism of the Comte de Maubec, who is thus named Louis in honour of his Majesty. He is the oldest son of Duc de Villars and was born in 1663. Their Majesties, Monsieur and Mademoiselle attend mass at the chapelle du Louvre afterwards. 6 March, his Majesty travels to Roule, north-east…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, February 1665
2 February, Purification de la Bienheureuse Vierge Marie, their Majesties, Monseigneur and Monsieur receive, as is tradition, the candles from the université, out of the hands of Monsieur Rouillard, the recteur. His Majesty, after the blessings and wearing the Grand Collier de l’Ordre, proceeds to attend a procession at the Louvre, in company of Monsieur, the Prince de Condé…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, January 1665
1 January, his Majesty, wearing the collier de l’Ordre, travels to the Feuillants for grand mass, in company of many Chevaliers de l’Ordre, Monsieur, the Prince de Condé, the Duc d’Enghien and Cardinal Barberini. In the afternoon, his Majesty and her Majesty, la Reine-Mère, as well as Monsieur and Madame, travel to the Jesuites of the rue Saint-Antoine for…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, December 1664
2 December, his Majesty receives Monsieur Marcus Groë, grand chambellan of the Queen of Denmark. 3 December, his Majesty receives the ambassador of Savoy, who introduces him to the Baron de Sainte-Joire, a gentilhomme in service of the Duc de Savoie. 6 December, her Majesties health is slowly and steadily improving. The condition of the Princesse Marie-Anne remains…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, November 1664
1 November, All Saints’ Day, his Majesty, wearing the Grand Collier de l’Ordre, receives communion at the Feuillants, after which he attends mass celebrated by the Bishop d’Uzés. His Majesty then attends to the ill to cure them with his touch. Le Roi te touche et Dieu te guérit. Their Majesties attend the sermon of Côme du Bosc at Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois,…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, October 1664
3 October, their Majesties receive père Carpendulo, General of the Capucines. 11 October, his Majesty receives Monsieur Roberti, nuncio extraordinary, and afterwards the abbé Le Paulmyer, who has come to offer his Majesty 27 white icelandic falcons as present from the King of Denmark. 12 October, their Majesties and the court leave Vincennes for Versailles, where their Majesties plan…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, September 1664
2 September, it is said Monsieur Mazarin is not treating Madame Mazarin with respect and prone to violent fits of jealousy. Poor Madame Mazarin, it is said, often flees to her brother, Monsieur de Nevers, to escape her husband. 4 September, his Majesty names Madame de La Mothe-Houdancourt governess to the Dauphin. 5 September, his Majesty celebrates his 26th birthday…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, August 1664
1 August, his Majesty, at around 10 o’clock in the morning, rides to the plaine de Samois to review his troupes. After which his Majesty receives Monsieur de Flavigny, envoy of Monsieur Le Févre de La Barre, his Majesty’s Lieutenant-Général and Gouverneur in Amercia, who has come to tell of the progress made in the French colonies. 2 August, his…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, July 1664
1 July, his Majesty reviews his gardes françaises et suisses, mousquetaires, gendarmes, chevau-légers and gardes du corps. His Majesty has honoured Monsieur Le Brun today by declaring him Premier peintre du Roi. 3 July, his Majesty receives Cardinal Chigi, who has arrived incognito at Fontainebleau and is nephew of Pope Alexander VII. 9 July, their Majesties enjoy the summer at…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, June 1664
1 June, their Majesties attend mass at the chapel. 6 June, their Majesties receive Cardinal de Retz, who has been allowed to visit Fontainebleau to pay his respects to his Majesty. Cardinal de Retz will depart for Paris, where he has not been since 1652, afterwards. 7 June, his Majesty receives the ambassador of Venice. 8 June, Trinité, the royal…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, May 1664
1 May, his Majesty and her Majesty la Reine-Mère attend the baptism of the son, who is thus named Louis, of the Marquise de Vervins at the chapel of the Louvre. After which their Majesties and Monseigneur leave Paris to spend the following days at Saint-Cloud. 2 May, their Majesties, Monseigneur, Monsieur and Madame enjoy the gardens of Saint-Cloud. 4…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, April 1664
3 April, his Majesty receives Monsieur le Cardinal Maldachini. 4 April, his Majesty attends mass, celebrated in honour of Saint François de Paule, at the couvent des Minimes de la place Royale in company of the Prince de Condé. Afterwards, his Majesty receives the ambassadors of England and Mantoue. 5 April, dimanche des Rameaux, their Majesties and Monsieur watch the…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, March 1664
Chateau-Neuf de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, by Auguste Alexandre Guillaumot1 March, his Majesty receives the ambassadors of Spain and Venice. 2 March, premier dimanche de carême/first Sunday of Lent, their Majesties attend a sermon at the chapelle du Louvre. 3 March, his Majesty grants an audience to the ambassador of Savoy, after which he receives Monsieur Blumenthal, envoy of the Elector of Brandenbourg,…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, February 1664
2 February, Purification de la Bienheureuse Vierge Marie, their Majesties attend mass at the chapel of the Louvre, followed by a procession, and a sermon at the Feuillants in the afternoon. 7 February, her Majesty invited to a ball in the grand cabinet. 12 February, a treaty between France and the Holy See has been signed. His Majesty will return…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, January 1664
1 January, his Majesty names Monsieur Colbert surintendant des bâtiments. Said position was previously held by Monsieur de Ratabon. His Majesty, wearing the grand collier, then attends mass at the Feuillants in company of the fifty Chevaliers de l’ordre. 3 January, fête de Sainte Geneviève, their Majesties travel to the Abbaye-Sainte-Geneviève for mass in honour of the patron saint of…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, December 1663
2 December, premier dimanche de l’avent, his Majesty attends a sermon by the évêque de Dax at the chapel of the Louvre. 7 December, his Majesty receives Monsieur Vincenzo Striggi-Gonzaga, the ambassador of the Duc de Mantoue. 8 December, conception de la Vierge Marie, their Majesties attend a sermon by the évêque de Dax at the chapel of the Louvre.…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, November 1663
1 November, Toussaint, his Majesty rises early and rides to the Feuillants to receive communion from Cardinal Barberini, after which his Majesty attends mass said by the Cardinal and immediately after grand mass said by Bishop de Constance. His Majesty then travels to the Tuileries after mass, where 800 sick have gathered to be healed by his Majesty’s touch. Le…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, October 1663
1 October, their Majesties receive Abbé Ciry, who is in service of the Duc de Parme, and has come to announce the marriage of the Duc and Isabelle d’Este. 2 October, their Majesties attend a play performed by the comédie espagnole. 3 October, les Noces de village, a ballet by Monsieur Lully and Monsieur Benserade, is performed at Vincennes. His…
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Chronologie de la vie de Louis XIV, September 1663
1 September, his Majesty travels from Nomeny to a plain between Aulnois, Craincourt and Fousiex to parade the might of his army. After which he is invited to dinner by the Maréchal de La Ferté-Senneterre. 2 September, his Majesty reviews his cavalerie, after which he returns to Nomeny. 3 September, his Majesty leaves Nomeny in the early morning for Metz,…
