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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Adherent to the idea of absolute monarchical rule and centralized power, Louis enlarge the Palace of Versailles to control his court and rule the country with absolute power. We see him command armies, receive diplomats, and discuss matters of State with his ministers.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Adherent to the idea of absolute monarchical rule and centralized power, Louis enlarge enlarges the Palace of Versailles to control his court and rule the country with absolute power. We see him command armies, receive diplomats, and discuss matters of State with his ministers.
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* YourDoorWasOpen: Louis walks into other people's bedrooms all the time, when they are asleep or naked, sometimes even multiple times in a single episode. The doors in Versailles have locks, but it looks like nobody uses then.
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* YourDoorWasOpen: Louis walks into other people's bedrooms all the time, when they are asleep or naked, sometimes even multiple times in a single episode. The doors in Versailles have locks, but it looks like nobody uses then.then, or the King has a copy of all the keys.
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* HolierThanThou: Her being a pious Spanish and Portuguese princess grates on the libertine courtiers of Versailles. When Louis leaves for the front and puts her in charge of the court, Athénaïs complains that she has turned the palace into a convent.
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* HolierThanThou: Her being a pious Spanish and Portuguese princess infanta grates on the libertine courtiers of Versailles. When Louis leaves for the front and puts her in charge of the court, Athénaïs complains that she has turned the palace into a convent.
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* ToughLeaderFacade: No matter what she goes through, she stands on her dignity as a Spanish princess and Queen of France.
* UpperClassTwit: It's strongly hinted at. She does look down on the poor and middle-class as being "beneath her". She is very much both a monarchist and an aristocrat in her values -- robably even more than king Louis XIV.
* UpperClassTwit: It's strongly hinted at. She does look down on the poor and middle-class as being "beneath her". She is very much both a monarchist and an aristocrat in her values -- robably even more than king Louis XIV.
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* ToughLeaderFacade: No matter what she goes through, she stands on her dignity as a Spanish princess infanta and Queen of France.
* UpperClassTwit: It's strongly hinted at. She does look down on the poor and middle-class as being "beneath her". She is very much both a monarchist and an aristocrat in her values --robably probably even more than king Louis XIV.
* UpperClassTwit: It's strongly hinted at. She does look down on the poor and middle-class as being "beneath her". She is very much both a monarchist and an aristocrat in her values --
* TomboyPrincess: Compared to Henriette, Liselotte is much more active and sporty in her interests, being an avid hunter and rider.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Recently engaged to his cousin Mary.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Recently engaged to his cousin Mary.Mary of York.
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* TheRival: The absolutist Catholic King of France versus the "republican" Calvinist Stadtholder of the Netherlands, [[spoiler: and future constitutional Protestant King of England.]]
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* TheRival: The absolutist Catholic King of France versus the "republican" Calvinist Stadtholder of the Netherlands, [[spoiler: and future constitutional Protestant King of England.England, Scotland, and Ireland.]]
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* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Don't tell Louis this, [[spoiler: but William and his wife Mary will become joint monarchs of England in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution Glorious Revolution of 1688]]]].
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* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Don't tell Louis this, [[spoiler: but William and his wife Mary will become joint monarchs of England England, Scotland and Ireland in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution Glorious Revolution of 1688]]]].
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-->Played by Maddison Jaizani
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-->Played by Maddison JaizaniCreator/MaddisonJaizani
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* BoomHeadshot: Louis blows a Dutch infantry drummer's head, hundreds of meters away from his position, in a single shot, with a 17th century flintlock rifle.
* TheCasanova: He has a wife and an official mistress, but still has sex with as many ladies of the court he wants, including his sister-in-law.
* TheCasanova: He has a wife and an official mistress, but still has sex with as many ladies of the court he wants, including his sister-in-law.
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* BoomHeadshot: Louis blows a Dutch infantry drummer's head, head off, from hundreds of meters away from his position, away, in a single shot, with a 17th century flintlock rifle.
* TheCasanova: He has a wife and an officialmistress, mistress but still has sex with as many ladies of the court he wants, including his sister-in-law.
* TheCasanova: He has a wife and an official
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* FailedASpotCheck: Louis, and his royal guards, failed to see William of Orange standing in an open and well lighted hallway less than 10 meters away.
* {{Expy}}: Possibly of King UsefulNotes/HenryVIII from ''Series/TheTudors''. Both are extravegnt, larger than life monarchs with Hair-TriggerTemper. Although it's arguably not as bad with Louis XIV, who is more reasonable and not as HotBlooded.
** Louis XIV is also more of an AntiHero then a VillainProtagonist the way king Henry VIII was in ''The Tudors''. He also is undeniably Catholic, even banishing the Protestants of France who don't convert. Unlike king Henry VIII who became a figurehead of the Protestant Reformation and broke with the Catholic Church.
* {{Expy}}: Possibly of King UsefulNotes/HenryVIII from ''Series/TheTudors''. Both are extravegnt, larger than life monarchs with Hair-TriggerTemper. Although it's arguably not as bad with Louis XIV, who is more reasonable and not as HotBlooded.
** Louis XIV is also more of an AntiHero then a VillainProtagonist the way king Henry VIII was in ''The Tudors''. He also is undeniably Catholic, even banishing the Protestants of France who don't convert. Unlike king Henry VIII who became a figurehead of the Protestant Reformation and broke with the Catholic Church.
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* FailedASpotCheck: Louis, and his royal guards, failed to see William of Orange standing in an open and well lighted lit hallway less than 10 meters away.
* {{Expy}}: Possibly of King UsefulNotes/HenryVIII from ''Series/TheTudors''. Both areextravegnt, extravagant, larger than life monarchs with Hair-TriggerTemper.a HairTriggerTemper. Although it's arguably not as bad with Louis XIV, who is more reasonable and not as HotBlooded.
** Louis XIV is also more of an AntiHerothen than a VillainProtagonist the way king Henry VIII was in ''The Tudors''. He also is undeniably Catholic, even banishing the Protestants of France who don't convert. Unlike king convert, unlike Henry VIII VIII, who became a figurehead of the Protestant Reformation and broke with the Catholic Church.
* {{Expy}}: Possibly of King UsefulNotes/HenryVIII from ''Series/TheTudors''. Both are
** Louis XIV is also more of an AntiHero
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* GoodAngelBadAngel: During a particularly bad episode during his CrisisOfFaith, he imagines former mistress, his sister in-law Henriette as his good angel, and current mistress Madame de Montespan as his bad angel.
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* GoodAngelBadAngel: During a particularly bad episode during his CrisisOfFaith, he imagines a former mistress, his sister in-law Henriette Henriette, as his good angel, and current mistress Madame de Montespan as his bad angel.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Louis is egotistical and power hungry. He spends considerable time convincing others (and maybe even himself) that every action he takes is for the good of France. While that is true in the overall scheme, his own selfishness and vanity heavily influences those actions. Whenever he sees others happier than himself, including his own brother, Louis becomes jealous such a thing could be possible and seeks to tear them down... including his own brother.
* KeepingTheEnemyClose: Louis knows Cassel conspired against him and tried to stop the construction of Versailles, but still named him Minister of Justice.
* KeepingTheEnemyClose: Louis knows Cassel conspired against him and tried to stop the construction of Versailles, but still named him Minister of Justice.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Louis is egotistical and power hungry.power-hungry. He spends considerable time convincing others (and maybe even himself) that every action he takes is for the good of France. While that is true in the overall scheme, his own selfishness and vanity heavily influences influence those actions. Whenever he sees others happier than himself, including his own brother, Louis becomes jealous such a thing could be possible and seeks to tear them down... again, including his own brother.
* KeepingTheEnemyClose: Louis knows Cassel conspired against him and tried to stop the construction ofVersailles, Versailles but still named names him Minister of Justice.
* KeepingTheEnemyClose: Louis knows Cassel conspired against him and tried to stop the construction of
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* KissingCousins: He and his wife are double first cousins. His mother, Anne of Austria was sister of Marie-Thérèse's father, Philip IV of Spain. His father, Louis XIII and her mother Elisabeth were also siblings. His sister-in-law and mistress, Henriette, was also his cousin by virtue of her mother Henrietta Maria of France being sister of Louis XIII.
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* KissingCousins: He and his wife are double first cousins. His mother, mother Anne of Austria was sister of Marie-Thérèse's father, Philip IV of Spain. His father, father Louis XIII and her mother Elisabeth were also siblings. His sister-in-law and mistress, Henriette, was also his cousin by virtue of her mother Henrietta Maria of France being sister of Louis XIII.
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* AreWeThereYet: Philippe jumps from his horse into Louis' carriage to ask this.
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* AreWeThereYet: Philippe jumps from his horse into Louis' Louis's carriage to ask this.
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* CampGay: Although it's hard to tell how much of the campiness is just him by his nature, and how much of it is a result of him being emasculated all his life so he doesn't threaten his kingly brother
* DramaQueen: Every fight with the Chevalier end with screaming, tears, bouncing hair, and the occasional sword versus candlestick duel. Louis said it best “Must you live your entire life in a melodrama?”
* DramaQueen: Every fight with the Chevalier end with screaming, tears, bouncing hair, and the occasional sword versus candlestick duel. Louis said it best “Must you live your entire life in a melodrama?”
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* CampGay: Although it's hard to tell how much of the campiness is just him by his nature, and how much of it is a result of him being emasculated all his life so he doesn't threaten his kingly brother
brother.
* DramaQueen: Every fight with the Chevalier end with screaming, tears, bouncing hair, and the occasional sword versus candlestick duel. Louis said itbest “Must best:
-->'''Louis:''' Must you live your entire life in amelodrama?”melodrama?
* DramaQueen: Every fight with the Chevalier end with screaming, tears, bouncing hair, and the occasional sword versus candlestick duel. Louis said it
-->'''Louis:''' Must you live your entire life in a
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* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Philippe begs his brother to pardon the Chevalier after he was charged with treason.
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* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Philippe begs his brother to pardon the Chevalier after he was is charged with treason.
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* ImpersonationGambit: When a Indian ruler visits Versailles to sign a trade deal with France, he demands that he negotiate with Louis directly, refusing to speak with either Colbert or the Queen. Since the King was currently in the front, the Queen, Colbert, and Liselotte convince Philippe to impersonate Louis and manages to get a favourable deal on the silks on offer.
* KissingCousins: His wife is also his first cousin. Her mother, Henrietta Maria of France was sister of Louis XIII.
* KissingCousins: His wife is also his first cousin. Her mother, Henrietta Maria of France was sister of Louis XIII.
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* ImpersonationGambit: When a Indian ruler visits Versailles to sign a trade deal with France, he demands that he negotiate with Louis directly, refusing to speak with either Colbert or the Queen. Since the King was is currently in at the front, the Queen, Colbert, and Liselotte convince Philippe to impersonate Louis Louis, and he manages to get a favourable deal on the silks on offer.
* KissingCousins: His wife is also his first cousin. Her mother, Henrietta Maria ofFrance France, was sister of Louis XIII.
* KissingCousins: His wife is also his first cousin. Her mother, Henrietta Maria of
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: As common in the 17th century, Philippe takes commands of the royal army in a battle against the Spanish.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: As was common in the 17th century, Philippe takes commands of the royal army in a battle against the Spanish.
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* TheDandy: Philippe spend 50 000 livres in shoes. His answer to his brother about this was "You haven't seen the shoes."
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* TheDandy: Philippe spend 50 000 livres in 50,000 ''livres'' on shoes. His answer to his brother about this was "You when questioned?
-->'''Philippe:''' You haven't seen the shoes."
-->'''Philippe:''' You haven't seen the shoes.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade / HistoricalBadassUpgrade: In the series, the Queen is shown to be rather defiant towards Louis in many regards, such as having an affair with her dwarf, as well as politically astute and scheming, especially against Montespan. The real Marie-Therese never had a hope of influencing Louis about religion or his mistresses in spite of occasional complaints, her regencies were in name only, and her court circle was largely isolated as her French was subpar, and she was considered plain and dull.
* HolierThanThou: Her being a pious Spanish and Portuguese princess grates on the libertine courtiers of Versailles, when Louis leaves for the front and leaves her in charge of the court, Athénaïs complains that she has turned the palace into a convent.
** While she never kills anyone, she would have certainly supported the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition.
* KissingCousins: She and her husband are double first cousins. Her father, Philip IV of Spain was brother to Louis' mother, Anne of Austria. Her mother Elisabeth was the sister of his father Louis XIII.
** In the third season, she carries a brief fling with Emperor Leopold I, who is also a double first cousin, ''and'' her brother-in-law, when he visits Versailles.
* PetTheDog: She gets some moments, despite her serious flaws. She still treats her maids with kindness and she's more of an anti-heroine then a bad guy. When compared to most of the people in Versailles, she is one of the more likeable characters. She still loves her husband and it is sad when she dies.
* ToughLeaderFacade: No matter what she goes through, she stands on her dignity as a Spanish Princess and Queen of France.
* UpperClassTwit: It's strongly hinted at. She does look down on the poor and middle-class as being "beneath her". She is very much both a monarchist and an aristocrat in her values. Probably even more then king Louis XIV.
** Her policies largely benefit the first two estates (the French Catholic nobility and clergy) but the third estate does not get much out of her policies apart from a strong moral fiber.
* HolierThanThou: Her being a pious Spanish and Portuguese princess grates on the libertine courtiers of Versailles, when Louis leaves for the front and leaves her in charge of the court, Athénaïs complains that she has turned the palace into a convent.
** While she never kills anyone, she would have certainly supported the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition.
* KissingCousins: She and her husband are double first cousins. Her father, Philip IV of Spain was brother to Louis' mother, Anne of Austria. Her mother Elisabeth was the sister of his father Louis XIII.
** In the third season, she carries a brief fling with Emperor Leopold I, who is also a double first cousin, ''and'' her brother-in-law, when he visits Versailles.
* PetTheDog: She gets some moments, despite her serious flaws. She still treats her maids with kindness and she's more of an anti-heroine then a bad guy. When compared to most of the people in Versailles, she is one of the more likeable characters. She still loves her husband and it is sad when she dies.
* ToughLeaderFacade: No matter what she goes through, she stands on her dignity as a Spanish Princess and Queen of France.
* UpperClassTwit: It's strongly hinted at. She does look down on the poor and middle-class as being "beneath her". She is very much both a monarchist and an aristocrat in her values. Probably even more then king Louis XIV.
** Her policies largely benefit the first two estates (the French Catholic nobility and clergy) but the third estate does not get much out of her policies apart from a strong moral fiber.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade / HistoricalBadassUpgrade: In the series, the Queen is shown to be rather defiant towards Louis in many regards, such as having an affair with her dwarf, as well as politically astute and scheming, especially against Montespan. The real Marie-Therese Marie-Thérèse never had a hope of influencing Louis about religion or his mistresses in spite of occasional complaints, her regencies were in name only, and her court circle was largely isolated as her French was subpar, and she was considered plain and dull.
* HolierThanThou: Her being a pious Spanish and Portuguese princess grates on the libertine courtiers ofVersailles, when Versailles. When Louis leaves for the front and leaves puts her in charge of the court, Athénaïs complains that she has turned the palace into a convent.
** While she never kills anyone, she would have certainly supported the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition.
* KissingCousins: She and her husband are double first cousins. Her father, Philip IV of Spain Spain, was brother to Louis' Louis's mother, Anne of Austria. Her mother Elisabeth was the sister of his father Louis XIII.
** In the third season, she carries out a brief fling with Emperor Leopold I, who is also a double first cousin, ''and'' her brother-in-law, when he visits Versailles.
* PetTheDog: She gets some moments, despite her serious flaws. She still treats her maids withkindness kindness, and she's more of an anti-heroine then than a bad guy. When compared to most of the people in Versailles, she is one of the more likeable characters. She still loves her husband husband, and it her death is sad when she dies.greeted with sadness.
* ToughLeaderFacade: No matter what she goes through, she stands on her dignity as a SpanishPrincess princess and Queen of France.
* UpperClassTwit: It's strongly hinted at. She does look down on the poor and middle-class as being "beneath her". She is very much both a monarchist and an aristocrat in hervalues. Probably values -- robably even more then than king Louis XIV.
** Her policies largely benefit the first two estates (the French Catholic nobility andclergy) clergy), but the third estate does not get much out of her policies apart from a strong moral fiber.
* HolierThanThou: Her being a pious Spanish and Portuguese princess grates on the libertine courtiers of
** In the third season, she carries out a brief fling with Emperor Leopold I, who is also a double first cousin, ''and'' her brother-in-law, when he visits Versailles.
* PetTheDog: She gets some moments, despite her serious flaws. She still treats her maids with
* ToughLeaderFacade: No matter what she goes through, she stands on her dignity as a Spanish
* UpperClassTwit: It's strongly hinted at. She does look down on the poor and middle-class as being "beneath her". She is very much both a monarchist and an aristocrat in her
** Her policies largely benefit the first two estates (the French Catholic nobility and
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* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:She is poisoned, and vomits copious amounts of blood.]]
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* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:She is poisoned, poisoned and vomits copious amounts of blood.]]
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* ForgetsToEat: Athénaïs and Philippe tell Henriette that she needs to eat, she seems to keep avoiding the consumption of solids.
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* ForgetsToEat: Athénaïs and Philippe tell Henriette that she needs to eat, eat; she seems to keep avoiding the consumption of solids.
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* TheMistress: Louis
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* TheMistress: LouisTo Louis.
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* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: Though Liselotte's portraits owe something to artistic flattery, Jessica Clark's HollywoodHomely induced appearance for the show is nowhere near the solid and mannish looking description of the real Liselotte, who once said, that with her cold, she looked like a "shat on carrot".
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* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: Though Liselotte's portraits owe something to artistic flattery, Jessica Clark's HollywoodHomely induced HollywoodHomely-induced appearance for the show is nowhere near the solid and mannish looking mannish-looking description of the real Liselotte, who once said, said that with her cold, she looked like a "shat on "shat-on carrot".
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* FalseFriend: To Louise, when asked to help her boost the Louis's spirits, Athénaïs seduces him and usurps Louise's place as the King's Mistress.
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* FalseFriend: To Louise, when Louise. When asked to help her boost the Louis's spirits, Athénaïs seduces him and usurps Louise's place as the King's Mistress.
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* IfICantHaveYou: Convinced she has lost the King's love, she dabbles in magic to keep his love, and is later roped into an assassination attempt against Louis when it has no effect, and risks implicating her in the ongoing investigation of the palace poisonings.
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* IfICantHaveYou: Convinced she has lost the King's love, she dabbles in magic to keep his love, and is later roped into an assassination attempt against Louis when it has no effect, and risks implicating her in the ongoing investigation of the palace poisonings.
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* TheRival: To Queen Marie-Therese, not so much for Louis's affection, but for influence and power in court.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: During the second season, courtiers, ministers, and members of his own family fear the influence Monstespan holds over Louis is putting the Kingdom at risk. Louis certainly seems to be acting more irrationally and selfishly whenever she is involved.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: During the second season, courtiers, ministers, and members of his own family fear the influence Monstespan holds over Louis is putting the Kingdom at risk. Louis certainly seems to be acting more irrationally and selfishly whenever she is involved.
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* TheRival: To Queen Marie-Therese, Marie-Thérèse, not so much for Louis's affection, but for influence and power in court.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: During the second season, courtiers, ministers, and members of his own family fear the influence Monstespan holds over Louis is putting theKingdom kingdom at risk. Louis certainly seems to be acting more irrationally and selfishly whenever she is involved.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: During the second season, courtiers, ministers, and members of his own family fear the influence Monstespan holds over Louis is putting the
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* GildedCage: Louise wishes to leave the palace and enter a convent to expiate her sins, but the King would not allow it.
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* GildedCage: Louise wishes to leave the palace and enter a convent to expiate her sins, but the King would will not allow it.
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* FalseFriend: At least that's what Athénaïs thinks when she starts spending more time in the Queen's company and is given a title of [[spoiler: Madame de Maintenon]] by the King.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Governess to Louis's Bastard Children, [[spoiler: eventual third mistress and second, albeit morganatic, wife of the king.]]
* TheMole: Athénaïs originally lets her spend time with the Queen in order to get information on what she is planning, but comes to think that Françoise is instead giving information to the Queen on her to plot her downfall.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Gentle, quiet and pious, is that Madame Scarron or Louise de La Vallière?
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Governess to Louis's Bastard Children, [[spoiler: eventual third mistress and second, albeit morganatic, wife of the king.]]
* TheMole: Athénaïs originally lets her spend time with the Queen in order to get information on what she is planning, but comes to think that Françoise is instead giving information to the Queen on her to plot her downfall.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Gentle, quiet and pious, is that Madame Scarron or Louise de La Vallière?
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* FalseFriend: At least least, that's what Athénaïs thinks when she starts spending more time in the Queen's company and is given a the title of [[spoiler: Madame de Maintenon]] by the King.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Governess to Louis'sBastard Children, bastard children, [[spoiler: eventual third mistress and second, albeit morganatic, wife of the king.King.]]
* TheMole: Athénaïs originally lets her spend time with the Queen in order to get information on what she isplanning, planning but comes to think that Françoise is instead giving information to the Queen on her to plot her downfall.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Gentle, quiet andpious, pious -- is that Madame Scarron or Louise de La Vallière?
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Governess to Louis's
* TheMole: Athénaïs originally lets her spend time with the Queen in order to get information on what she is
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Gentle, quiet and
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* HellholePrison: He is send to Bastille for [[spoiler: conspiring against the king]]. The cell itself is horrible, but he also spends his time there listening to the screams of other prisoners being executed by dismemberment.
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* HellholePrison: He is send to Bastille for [[spoiler: conspiring against the king]].King]]. The cell itself is horrible, but he also spends his time there listening to the screams of other prisoners being executed by dismemberment.
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* FakeAristocrat: Pretend to be a member of the House of Lorraine,[[spoiler: is really a Protestant Huguenot.]]
* ImpoverishedPatrician: She is member of a cadet branch of the ancient House of Lorraine, but her husband's death left her a penniless widow. [[spoiler: Averted. She is not really a member of House Lorraine, she is faking her noble credentials to hide her real identity as a protestant Huguenot.]]
* ImpoverishedPatrician: She is member of a cadet branch of the ancient House of Lorraine, but her husband's death left her a penniless widow. [[spoiler: Averted. She is not really a member of House Lorraine, she is faking her noble credentials to hide her real identity as a protestant Huguenot.]]
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* FakeAristocrat: Pretend Pretends to be a member of the House of Lorraine,[[spoiler: is really a Protestant Huguenot.]]
* ImpoverishedPatrician: She is member of a cadet branch of the ancient House of Lorraine, but her husband's death left her a penniless widow. [[spoiler: Averted. She is not really a member of House Lorraine, she is faking her noble credentials to hide her real identity as aprotestant Protestant Huguenot.]]
* ImpoverishedPatrician: She is member of a cadet branch of the ancient House of Lorraine, but her husband's death left her a penniless widow. [[spoiler: Averted. She is not really a member of House Lorraine, she is faking her noble credentials to hide her real identity as a
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* SocialClimber: Her main objective in life is to make her daughter Sophie into one of the king's mistresses
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* SocialClimber: Her main objective in life is to make her daughter Sophie into one of the king's mistressesmistresses.
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* FakeAristocrat: In the beginning she believes to be a member of the House of Lorraine,[[spoiler: is really a Protestant Hugenot.]] When she realizes the truth, keep pretending to avoid religious persecution.
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* FakeAristocrat: In the beginning beginning, she believes herself to be a member of the House of Lorraine,[[spoiler: Lorraine[[spoiler: but is really a Protestant Hugenot.]] When she realizes the truth, keep pretending to avoid religious persecution.
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* MaritalRapeLicense: In the second season, she is married to the much older Duc de Cassel, who rapes her in their first night.
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* MaritalRapeLicense: In the second season, she is married to the much older Duc de Cassel, who rapes her in on their first night.
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* EyeScream: After he was captured [[spoiler: Louis has his betrayal punished by having Marchal burn out his eyes.]]
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* EyeScream: After he was is captured [[spoiler: Louis has his betrayal punished by having Marchal burn out his eyes.]]
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* DirtyOldMan: Always perving on the females, especially the young ones.
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* DirtyOldMan: Always perving on the females, female characters, especially the young ones.
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* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: The King made him marry Sophie, she is not happy about it.
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* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: The King made him marry Sophie, she Sophie. She is not happy about it.
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* ImpoverishedPatrician: Called by Athénaïs when she noticed the rundown state of his chateaux.
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* ImpoverishedPatrician: Called this by Athénaïs when she noticed the rundown state of his chateaux.château.
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* FakeAristocrat: Louis revealed in front of the entire Court that Moncourt wasn't a real noble, and then expels him from the palace.
* TheHighwayman: Sabotaged the construction of Versailles by attacking the road and stealing the materials as they are transported.
* TheHighwayman: Sabotaged the construction of Versailles by attacking the road and stealing the materials as they are transported.
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* FakeAristocrat: Louis revealed reveals in front of the entire Court that Moncourt wasn't isn't a real noble, and then expels him from the palace.
* TheHighwayman:Sabotaged Sabotages the construction of Versailles by attacking the road and stealing the materials as they are transported.
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* OnlySaneMan: Constantly has to mediate between the fights and tantrums of the Royal Family.
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* OnlySaneMan: Constantly has to mediate between the fights and tantrums of the Royal Family.royal family.
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* TheReliableOne: Bontemps is always behind the King, making sure the palace and the Court are in order.
* UndyingLoyalty: His every waking (and sleeping) moment is dedicated to serve and protect Louis. Not even his son's death kept him away for long.
* UndyingLoyalty: His every waking (and sleeping) moment is dedicated to serve and protect Louis. Not even his son's death kept him away for long.
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* TheReliableOne: Bontemps is always behind the King, making sure the palace and the Court court are in order.
* UndyingLoyalty: His every waking (and sleeping) moment is dedicated toserve serving and protect protecting Louis. Not even his son's death kept him away for long.
* UndyingLoyalty: His every waking (and sleeping) moment is dedicated to
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* ChessmasterSidekick: Spymaster, chief of security, torture, interrogation, covert assassination, executions, Marchal does anything the King need of him.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Béatrice uses sex to distract him and poison him, only survived because of Claudine.
* TheDreaded: Every suspect looses confidence when he walks into a room, and even mentioning his name is enough to make people nervous.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When we first meet Marchal, he and his guards have surrounded a groups of assassins send to kill Louis. Marchal stabs one of then in the stomach and holds face against the mud with his boot. "My name is Fabien Marchal. My work protects the King. Welcome to Versailles."
* GoodIsNotNice: He is unquestionably loyal to the king, but his methods - torture, mutilation, secret executions and more - leave one hell of a bad taste in the mouth.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Béatrice uses sex to distract him and poison him, only survived because of Claudine.
* TheDreaded: Every suspect looses confidence when he walks into a room, and even mentioning his name is enough to make people nervous.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When we first meet Marchal, he and his guards have surrounded a groups of assassins send to kill Louis. Marchal stabs one of then in the stomach and holds face against the mud with his boot. "My name is Fabien Marchal. My work protects the King. Welcome to Versailles."
* GoodIsNotNice: He is unquestionably loyal to the king, but his methods - torture, mutilation, secret executions and more - leave one hell of a bad taste in the mouth.
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* ChessmasterSidekick: Spymaster, chief of security, torture, interrogation, covert assassination, executions, executions -- Marchal does anything the King need needs of him.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Béatrice uses sex to distract him and poisonhim, him. He only survived survives because of Claudine.
* TheDreaded: Every suspectlooses loses confidence when he walks into a room, and even mentioning his name is enough to make people nervous.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When we first meet Marchal, he and his guards have surrounded a groups of assassinssend sent to kill Louis. Marchal stabs one of then in the stomach and holds face against the mud with his boot. "My
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* GoodIsNotNice: He is unquestionably loyal to the king, but his methods- -- torture, mutilation, secret executions and more - -- leave one hell of a bad taste in the mouth.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Béatrice uses sex to distract him and poison
* TheDreaded: Every suspect
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When we first meet Marchal, he and his guards have surrounded a groups of assassins
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The king's doctor.
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Claudine had to choose between saving her father, who was dying in her arms, or saving her King, who was very ill. [[spoiler: She choses her King.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: The moment she identifies the poison of the latest murder spree, [[spoiler: she is killed.]]
* NiceGirl: She is a good natured doctor who just wants what is best for France and it's people.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: The moment she identifies the poison of the latest murder spree, [[spoiler: she is killed.]]
* NiceGirl: She is a good natured doctor who just wants what is best for France and it's people.
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Claudine had has to choose between saving her father, who was is dying in her arms, or saving her King, who was is very ill. [[spoiler: She choses chooses her King.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: The moment she identifies thepoison poisoner of the latest murder spree, [[spoiler: she is killed.]]
* NiceGirl: She is agood natured good-natured doctor who just wants what is best for France and it's its people.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: The moment she identifies the
* NiceGirl: She is a
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* TheParagon: She is one of the most good natured and wholesome characters in the show, by far.
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* TheParagon: She is one of the most good natured good-natured and wholesome characters in the show, by show. By far.
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* CaringGardener: Man in charge of creating and giving maintenance to the gardens of the palace.
* RetiredBadass: Former soldier in The King's armies, left behind the battles to dedicated himself to gardening.
* SwissArmyAppendage: His left hand is a prosthetic, that has a convenient shortened sword hidden in the sleeve.
* ZenSurvivor: He lost his sons and his hand because of war, now, besides gardening, he gives proper cryptic counselings and gardening metaphors to the king of France.
* RetiredBadass: Former soldier in The King's armies, left behind the battles to dedicated himself to gardening.
* SwissArmyAppendage: His left hand is a prosthetic, that has a convenient shortened sword hidden in the sleeve.
* ZenSurvivor: He lost his sons and his hand because of war, now, besides gardening, he gives proper cryptic counselings and gardening metaphors to the king of France.
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* CaringGardener: Man The man in charge of creating and giving maintenance to the gardens of the palace.
* RetiredBadass: Former soldier inThe the King's armies, left behind the battles to dedicated himself to gardening.
* SwissArmyAppendage: His left hand is aprosthetic, prosthetic that has a convenient shortened sword hidden in the sleeve.
* ZenSurvivor: He lost his sons and his hand because ofwar, now, war. Now, besides gardening, he gives proper cryptic counselings and gardening metaphors to the king King of France.
* RetiredBadass: Former soldier in
* SwissArmyAppendage: His left hand is a
* ZenSurvivor: He lost his sons and his hand because of
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* JustTheFirstCitizen: Some people might call him king, but his actual title is Stadtholder, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
* NobleBigot: Like many 16th/17th century Protestant monarchs, he is very anti-Catholic.
* NobleBigot: Like many 16th/17th century Protestant monarchs, he is very anti-Catholic.
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* JustTheFirstCitizen: Some people might call him king, King, but his actual title is Stadtholder, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
* NobleBigot: Like many16th/17th 16th-17th century Protestant monarchs, he is very anti-Catholic.
* NobleBigot: Like many
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* TheRival: The Absolutist Catholic King of France versus the "Republican" Calvinist Stadtholder of the Netherlands, [[spoiler: and future Constitutional Protestant King of England.]]
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* TheRival: The Absolutist absolutist Catholic King of France versus the "Republican" "republican" Calvinist Stadtholder of the Netherlands, [[spoiler: and future Constitutional constitutional Protestant King of England.]]
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* YoungConqueror: Johan de Witt tried to abolish the position of Stadtholder, William outmaneuvered him and lets his followers kill and eat De Witt.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Don't tell Louis this, [[spoiler: but William and his wife Mary, will become joint monarchs of England in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution Glorious Revolution of 1688]]]].
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Don't tell Louis this, [[spoiler: but William and his wife Mary, will become joint monarchs of England in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution Glorious Revolution of 1688]]]].
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* YoungConqueror: Johan de Witt tried to abolish the position of Stadtholder, Stadtholder. William outmaneuvered him and lets his followers kill and eat De Witt.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Don't tell Louis this, [[spoiler: but William and his wifeMary, Mary will become joint monarchs of England in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution Glorious Revolution of 1688]]]].
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Don't tell Louis this, [[spoiler: but William and his wife
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Fortune teller and witch.
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* CompositeCharacter: Inspired by the real Marquise of Brinvilliers and fortune teller and poisoner La Voisin.
* EvilMentor: Athénaïs just wants to keep the love and attention of the King, but she took advantage for her insecurities to turn her against him.
* HollywoodSatanism: Averted in this particular case, as the Affair of the poisons did detail Black masses and child sacrifices in the charges and allegations.
* EvilMentor: Athénaïs just wants to keep the love and attention of the King, but she took advantage for her insecurities to turn her against him.
* HollywoodSatanism: Averted in this particular case, as the Affair of the poisons did detail Black masses and child sacrifices in the charges and allegations.
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* CompositeCharacter: Inspired by the real Marquise of Brinvilliers and fortune teller the fortune-teller and poisoner La Voisin.
* EvilMentor: Athénaïs just wants to keep the love and attention of the King, but shetook takes advantage for of her insecurities to turn her against him.
* HollywoodSatanism: Averted in this particular case, as the Affair of thepoisons Poisons did detail Black entail black masses and child sacrifices in the charges and allegations.
* EvilMentor: Athénaïs just wants to keep the love and attention of the King, but she
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* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: No matter what she goes through, she stands on her dignity as a Spanish Princess and Queen of France.
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* TheChosenOne[=/=]DivineRightOfKings: Keeps reminding everyone that he was chosen by God to be King of France. TruthInTelevision, he practically invented the concept of DivineRightOfKings.
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* KissingCousins: He and his wife are double first cousins. His mother, Anne of Austria was sister of Marie-Thérèse's father, Philip IV of Spain. His father, Louis XIII and her mother Elisabeth were also siblings. His sister-in-law and mistress, Henriette, was also his cousing by virtue of her mother Henrietta Maria of France being sister of Louis XIII.
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* KissingCousins: He and his wife are double first cousins. His mother, Anne of Austria was sister of Marie-Thérèse's father, Philip IV of Spain. His father, Louis XIII and her mother Elisabeth were also siblings. His sister-in-law and mistress, Henriette, was also his cousing cousin by virtue of her mother Henrietta Maria of France being sister of Louis XIII.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Adherent to the idea of absolute monarchial rule and centralized power, Louis enlarge the Palace of Versailles to control his court and rule the country with absolute power. We see him command armies, receive diplomats, and discuss matters of State with his ministers.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Adherent to the idea of absolute monarchial monarchical rule and centralized power, Louis enlarge the Palace of Versailles to control his court and rule the country with absolute power. We see him command armies, receive diplomats, and discuss matters of State with his ministers.
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* BlueBlood: She takes this concept to a whole other level. She does not trust the French merchants one bit and the whole concept of the self-made man is completly foreign to her.
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* BlueBlood: She takes this concept to a whole other level. She does not trust the French merchants one bit and the whole concept of the self-made man is completly completely foreign to her.
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* {{Expy}}: She is possibly an expy of Katherine of Aragon from the Tudors. Both are of Spanish and Portugese descent, both are devout Catholics and both end up dying before their husbands.
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** Her policies largely benifit the first two estates (the French Catholic nobility and clergy) but the third estate does not get much out of her policies apart from a stong moral fiber.
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* FakeAristocrat: Pretend to be a member of the House of Lorraine,[[spoiler: is really a Protestant Hugenot.]]
* ImpoverishedPatrician: She is member of a cadet branch of the ancient House of Lorraine, but her husband's death left her a penniless widow. [[spoiler: Averted. She is not really a member of House Lorraine, she is faking her noble credentials to hide her real identity as a protestant huguenot.]]
* ImpoverishedPatrician: She is member of a cadet branch of the ancient House of Lorraine, but her husband's death left her a penniless widow. [[spoiler: Averted. She is not really a member of House Lorraine, she is faking her noble credentials to hide her real identity as a protestant huguenot.]]
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* FakeAristocrat: Pretend to be a member of the House of Lorraine,[[spoiler: is really a Protestant Hugenot.Huguenot.]]
* ImpoverishedPatrician: She is member of a cadet branch of the ancient House of Lorraine, but her husband's death left her a penniless widow. [[spoiler: Averted. She is not really a member of House Lorraine, she is faking her noble credentials to hide her real identity as a protestanthuguenot.Huguenot.]]
* ImpoverishedPatrician: She is member of a cadet branch of the ancient House of Lorraine, but her husband's death left her a penniless widow. [[spoiler: Averted. She is not really a member of House Lorraine, she is faking her noble credentials to hide her real identity as a protestant
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* ZenSurvivor: He lost his sons and his hand because of war, now, besides gardening, he gives proper cryptic counseling and gardening metaphors to the king of France.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: In the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, he has mass support. He is hated in France, however.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Before he was made official Stadtholder, Louis would only negotiate with William because he saw him as the most skilled Dutch official and field commander.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Before he was made official Stadtholder, Louis would only negotiate with William because he saw him as the most skilled Dutch official and field commander.
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* Expy: Possibly of King Henry VIII from the Tudors. Both are extravegnt, larger then life monarchs with Hair-TriggerTemper. Although it's arguably not as bad with Louis XIV, who is more reasonable and not as HotBlooded.
** Louis XIV is also more of an AntiHero then a VillainProtagonist the way king Henry VIII was in the Tudors. He also is undeniably Catholic, even banishing the Protestants of France who don't convert. Unlike king Henry VIII who became a figurehead of the Protestant Reformation and broke with the Catholic Church.
** Louis XIV is also more of an AntiHero then a VillainProtagonist the way king Henry VIII was in the Tudors. He also is undeniably Catholic, even banishing the Protestants of France who don't convert. Unlike king Henry VIII who became a figurehead of the Protestant Reformation and broke with the Catholic Church.
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* Expy: {{Expy}}: Possibly of King Henry VIII UsefulNotes/HenryVIII from the Tudors. ''Series/TheTudors''. Both are extravegnt, larger then than life monarchs with Hair-TriggerTemper. Although it's arguably not as bad with Louis XIV, who is more reasonable and not as HotBlooded.
** Louis XIV is also more of an AntiHero then a VillainProtagonist the way king Henry VIII was inthe Tudors.''The Tudors''. He also is undeniably Catholic, even banishing the Protestants of France who don't convert. Unlike king Henry VIII who became a figurehead of the Protestant Reformation and broke with the Catholic Church.
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** She would not have approved of the French "lacite" at all and would have been estatic at the sight of the expulison of French Protestants from France.
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* NiceGirl: She is a good natured doctor who just wants what is best for France and it's people.
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** Louis XIV is also more of an AntiHero then a VillainProtagonist the way king Henry VIII was in the Tudors. He also is undeniably Catholic, even banishing the Protestants of France who don't convert. Unlike king Henry VIII who became a figurehead of the Protestant Reformation and broke with the Catholic Church.
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* Expy: Possibly of King Henry VIII from the Tudors. Both are extravegnt, larger then life monarchs with Hair-TriggeredTemper's. Although it's arguably not as bad with Louis XIV, who is more reasonable and not as HotBlooded.
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* Expy: Possibly of King Henry VIII from the Tudors. Both are extravegnt, larger then life monarchs with Hair-TriggeredTemper's.Hair-TriggerTemper. Although it's arguably not as bad with Louis XIV, who is more reasonable and not as HotBlooded.
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* Expy: Possibly of King Henry VIII from the Tudors. Both are extravegnt, larger then life monarchs with HairTriggeredTempers. Although it's arguably not as bad with Louis XIV, who is more reasonable and not as HotBlooded.
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* Expy: Possibly of King Henry VIII from the Tudors. Both are extravegnt, larger then life monarchs with HairTriggeredTempers.Hair-TriggeredTemper's. Although it's arguably not as bad with Louis XIV, who is more reasonable and not as HotBlooded.
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* PetTheDog: She gets some moments, despite her serious flaws. She still treats her maids with kindness and she's more of an anti-heroine then a bad guy. When compared to most of the people in Versailles, she is one of the more likeable characters. She still loves her husband and it is sad when she dies.
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* TheGoodKing: He certainly sees himself this way. The show is more ambiguous about this, however.
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* NobleBigot: Like many 16th/17th century Protestant monarchs, he is very anti-Catholic.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: In the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, he has mass support. He is hated in France, however.
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* BlueBlood: She takes this concept to a whole other level. She does not trust the French merchants one bit and the whole concept of the self-made man is completly foreign to her.
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* UpperClassTwit: It's strongly hinted at. She does look down on the poor and middle-class as being "beneath her". She is very much both a monarchist and an aristocrat in her values. Probably even more then king Louis XIV.
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* HolierThanThou: Her being a pious Spanish and Portugese princess grates on the libertine courtiers of Versailles, when Louis leaves for the front and leaves her in charge of the court, Athénaïs complains that she has turned the palace into a convent.
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* HolierThanThou: Her being a pious Spanish and Portugese Portuguese princess grates on the libertine courtiers of Versailles, when Louis leaves for the front and leaves her in charge of the court, Athénaïs complains that she has turned the palace into a convent.
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* HolierThanThou: Her being a pious Spanish and Portugese princess grates on the libertine courtiers of Versailles, when Louis leaves for the front and leaves her in charge of the court, Athénaïs complains that she has turned the palace into a convent.
