Versailles Wild Rose

epilogue one

Louis XIV reigned for 72 years and called himself the "Sun King". He has been the longest reigning monarch in Europe for hundreds of years.

Bishop Mazarin died of illness in March 1661, and Louis XIV took power immediately, and no longer established the post of prime minister.

The king's mother, Anna of Austria, then lived in seclusion in a monastery in Burgundy and died of illness in January 1666.

His Royal Highness Philip Bourbon married his cousin Princess Henrietta Anne of England after his brother's marriage. In June 1701, his brother died of cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 6.

After Louis XIV came to power, he married his cousin Spanish Princess Maria Theresa in June 1661; in August, the newly married king and his wife returned to Paris, and in September, Maria Theresa was crowned Queen of France.

Queen Maria Theresa died in childbirth in October 1662, both mother and child.

Louis XIV became a widower at the age of 24.

Sixteen months later, the King of France married again.

epilogue two

On May 1661, 5, Louis Hector Bourbon, who had just turned two years old, was recognized as the son of the king together with his twin brother Philip Atlas Bourbon, and was granted the title of duke.The father of the document is, of course, King Louis XIV, and the mother is Abigail de Provence, Marquise.

Little Louis was the Duke of Maine, and little Philip was the Duke of Loire.Both boys grew up healthy and healthy. The Duke of Maine died in his own bedroom in the Palace of Versailles at the age of 37; the Duke of Loire left Paris as an adult and died in Verdun at the age of 62.

The Duke of Maine had two legal children, the son died of smallpox when he was young, and the daughter married the then Duke of Lorraine.

The Duke of Loire knew from an early age that his biological father was not the king, but the Count of Testerin.The Earl of Testerin lives in the suburbs of Paris for the first half of the year, and Mrs. Villars often takes the Duke of Loire to live there for a while.

Earl Testeran died in India at the very unexpected age of 42.He was unmarried all his life, and had an illegitimate daughter and an illegitimate son. After his death, the title and fief were taken back by the Duke of Lorraine and granted to another male descendant of the family.But in the decades that followed, members of the Lorraine family never lived in Verdun Castle.

The Duke of Loire did not get married until he was 35 years old. He married the youngest daughter of the Duke of Orleans. After marriage, he had 3 daughters and 1 son.

Epilogue three

Abigail never made it back to Spain.

Adrian, who returned to the abbey a year after his wife left, died at the age of 23 when a ceiling collapsed in the abbey.

The Marquis of Elvira raised his granddaughter Amelia, who at the age of 19 married a grandson of the Earl of Oropesa and inherited the title of the Elvira family.

On the eve of her wedding, Amelia received a set of jewelry worth 300 million livres sent by her mother.

Donna Amelia Lance Elvira-Oropesa spent 5 years sorting out the genealogical documents, correspondence, legal documents, etc. of the Oropesa family and the Elvira family, sorting out A table of the relationship between two generations of intermarried characters.

Grandfather Marquis Elvira's first wife was Countess Donna Amelia Raymonds, the illegitimate daughter of the Raymonds family, legalized by adoption, but in fact Amelia was not Raymonds Daughter of the Count of Mondes, but the daughter of the second son of the Oropesa family, Count Rafael Ocaranza, and his sister, the Countess Amelia Oropesa; the two were originally married by a priest in France And married, but because of the brother-sister marriage, the French King Louis XIII declared the marriage invalid.

Little Amelia was immediately sent back to Spain and was fostered at the home of Ocalanza's friend Raymonds. Amelia died in New Spain in Central America a few years later. Raymonds adopted Amelia according to his friend's last wish. Myria, changed to Raymonds.

The second wife of the Marquis of Elvira was the second daughter of the Count of Oropesa, and he married the cousin of his late wife.

Amelia Raymonds died of puerperal fever after giving birth to Adrian.

Adrian married Countess Abigail de Barberion of France at the age of 18. Abigail's biological mother was Countess Amelia Oropesa Barberion, that is to say , Adrian married his aunt.

European aristocrats don't care about intermarriage of blood relatives, and marriages of uncles and nephews are not within the blood relationship that prohibits marriage.Neither Adrian nor Abigail knew that they turned out to be close blood relatives.

Epilogue four

Louis XIV began to officially rebuild the castle of Versailles in January 1664 as a wedding gift to his second wife.

The rebuilt and expanded Versailles Palace has the "Apollo Hall" dedicated to the king, and the "Aphrodite Hall" dedicated to the king's wife. The two halls are equally beautiful and have a symmetrical layout. A display of pure white marble statues by Italian sculptor Bernini.Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini spent nearly 10 years creating large-scale statues in the Palace of Versailles, shaping Apollo with Louis XIV as a model, and Abigail with Abigail as a model. Lodite.

Except that she cannot be crowned "Queen of France", Abigail has all the benefits and powers of a queen.Louis maintained his loyalty to Abigail for more than 3 years after his second marriage, and then hooked up with a new mistress.

Abigail was too lazy to quarrel with him, took her twin sons and newborn daughter Louise Anna Bourbon, and Claude escorted her to Verdun Castle.

Louis couldn't think of leaving, and even thought it would be nice without Abigail by his side.

Ten months later, Louis went to Verdun to pick up Abigail and the children himself.

Louise Anna died of drowning at the age of 6. Abigail was in great grief, and Louis was furious, and ordered the execution of the little princess's servant, nanny and several others.

When Abigail was 30 years old, she gave birth to her third son, Louis Augusta Bourbon. After a complex game operation, Augusta was canonized as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of France at the age of 3.

Augusta's twin sister has the same name as her mother. Abigail does not want her daughter to marry a foreign country. At the age of 19, Princess Abigail married the son of the Duke of Orleans, the next generation, Philip II, Duke of Orleans.

Abigail, who had no children, died of pneumonia at the age of 38 after falling into the water.

Louis XIV was 42 years old at the time, and he did not marry again, nor did he have another mistress for a long time.He missed Abigail and ordered the Aphrodite Hall to be closed to no one but their children.He often stayed in the Aphrodite Hall, looking at the portrait of Abigail on the wall, thinking of the only woman he ever loved.

Louis XIV only legalized the two children of Abigail's eldest son and second son, but did not legalize other illegitimate children.

Before Abigail's death, Louis had illegitimate children by other mistresses, some admitted, some not, but neither gave them the surname "Bourbon."After Abigail's death, the king had no more illegitimate children.

Epilogue five

The Man in the Iron Mask lives in a certain castle in Burgundy and rarely goes out.

He was unmarried all his life and had a total of eight illegitimate children with two maids in the castle, but only two daughters survived to adulthood.

He died the same year as Abigail, less than 3 months apart.

The Earl of Penarson never remarried, and died of illness at the age of 55 in his own manor.Penasson has always maintained correspondence with Abigail, and has also received the king and his wife. The king and his wife stayed in Penasson Manor for a hunting season, and the guests and the host enjoyed themselves.

Before Abigail married the king, Louis XIV granted the Earl of Barberion the Duke of Nice. The first Duke of Nice died half a month later, and Klaus became the second Duke of Nice.

Claude lived a long life and died at the age of 80 on his estate.Claude and Olive are loving couples. They have 3 sons, 3 daughters and 6 children, 4 of whom survived to adulthood.The eldest son is named Louis, the godfather is King Louis XIV, and the godmother is the little aunt Abigail.

Rosalina also lived a long life, dying at the age of 77.

Little Claude inherited his father's title and was later elevated to Earl of Villars.

Epilogue six

The Palace of Versailles is famous for its luxury and elegance. It was the residence of the royal family in the era of Louis XIV, and later it was the seat of the palace.But Abigail has always disliked Louis letting a large number of nobles live in the palace. The palace is too lively and crowded, and she doesn't like it.She is not in Versailles for half of the year, but lives in Fontainebleau Palace and her own estate.

The Louvre gradually fell into the cold, but it is still a solemn and luxurious royal palace.

The king liked the fountain in front of the Palace of Versailles very much, and he often took a walk near the fountain with Abigail, but since Princess Louise Anna drowned in the fountain, the king and his wife seldom went to play near the fountain.

After Louis was a few years older, although he was still a proud man who said "I am the king" at any time, he became a little more stable after all, and he quarreled with Abigail less and less, and he also believed that Abigail's relationship is getting better and better.

Before Abigail was alive, Louis wanted to find a new mistress every few years, and Abigail had nothing to do but asked him not to annoy her by taking his new mistress to Versailles.On the contrary, it was after her death that Louis realized that she would never get angry with him, quarrel or even beat him up. He lamented for his young daughter, complained that his wife died early, and his life was no longer interesting; Not interested in sex, devoutly spending hours in church every day.

Abigail was not officially crowned "queen" during her lifetime, but her funeral was held in the style of a queen.Her grave is not in the traditional royal burial place, St. Denis Church, but in St. Catherine's Church near her estate on the outskirts of Paris.

Louis XIV died at the age of 76 and was buried in the Church of Saint-Denis with his first wife, Maria Theresa. During the French Revolution in 1793, fanatical Parisians destroyed the Saint-Denis Church, opened the coffins of the successive kings and other members of the royal family buried in the church, and threw messy bones everywhere.But the coffin of Louis XIV was an empty coffin, and the remains of the king were never placed inside.

Epilogue seven

Prince Louis Augusta of France ascended the throne after his father's death, and was known as "Louis XV" in history. Louis XV was a short-lived king who reigned for 14 months.

After that, the throne was inherited by Louis XV's 6-year-old grandson, Louis Jr., known as "Louis XVI" in history.

Another grandson of Louis XIV, Philip, Duke of Anjou, the second son of Louis XV, later became the king of Spain, called "Philip II".

The descendants of Louis XIV and Abigail spread all over Western Europe. They are respectively the King, Queen and Grand Duke of France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Savoy, Lorraine, Belgium and other countries.

Epilogue eight

In the summer of 1971, French historians found the coffins of Louis XIV and his second wife, the Marquis de Provence, in the basement of St. Catherine Church in downtown Paris. The large wooden coffin was covered with a sealed lead coffin. His countenance was almost unchanged, and it was exactly the same as the portrait of the royal family in the winter before his death.

Abigail's body is also well preserved, with lush blond hair, beautiful features, a serene face, and lifelike.

The remains of the king and his wife were immediately moved into a sealed vacuum cabinet and reburied.

Since the remains of the successive kings in the Church of Saint-Denis were severely damaged, although they tried to collect and re-buried afterwards, it was impossible to tell who was who, so it was impossible to compare DNA.French historians expressed regret that doubts about whether Louis XIV was the son of Louis XIII can only continue to be doubted.

According to the tradition of the burial of royal family members, the hearts of Louis XIV and Abigail were taken out, embalmed and stored separately in copper jars; after that, the French government decided to place the hearts of the king and his wife in the Church of Saint-Denis .

A French female writer wrote a very romantic biography of Abigail based on this excavation, read a large number of historical documents, and went to Spain to search for information. The creation time lasted for 4 years and sold millions immediately after publication. , and was immediately bought by the Hollywood film company.

A few years later, the filming started in Paris, France, with Leonardo DiCaprio, a popular young actor in Hollywood at the time, as Louis XIV, and Abigail, played by the child star-turned-girl star Summer Brook.

Epilogue Nine

Historians and biographers agree that Louis XIV's marriage to a Spanish princess was merely a political one, and that the king ended up marrying the woman he loved the most.The French people also began to renew their interest in the royal family and nobles after World War II. They were enthusiastic about the love story between the Sun King and the goddess of love and beauty. Love vaudeville musicals and more.

The Louvre Museum restored the king's bedroom and the mistress suite upstairs in the Louis XIV period, and hung replicas of the royal family portraits of Louis XIV and Abigail on the walls, and Rembrandt's authentic works were collected in the Louvre in the palace treasury.

The Palace of Versailles suffered some damage during the French Revolution. After entering the 20th century, the French government restored the Palace of Versailles and opened it to the public as a tourist attraction. The most interesting thing for tourists is Abigail, the wife of King Louis XIV. Hall of Apollo, Hall of Aphrodite, the bedroom of Paul, and the bedroom of Queen Marie Antonevat, Queen of Louis XVII.

There are a lot of jewels in Abigail's relics, including a 112-carat sapphire "French Blue Diamond" presented by Louis XIV. After Abigail passed away, this beautiful blue diamond was left to the young daughter Abigail. The little princess Bigel was later brought back to Versailles by the Duchess of Orleans who married Louis XVI.After the French Revolution, the whereabouts of the large blue diamond are unknown.

??end ten

Diary of Countess Amelia Barberion, August 1641.

"Sir P came to the manor again today, how annoying! I hope he only stays for a few days."

"Count B is really shameless. In my opinion, he has no bones at all!"

"P is an old man now, but he wasn't all that bad when he was young."

"P is like an old donkey cart, and no dignity can slow him down. And yet he thinks he's great! It's ridiculous. I can't say no to him, but he can't stop me from laughing at him .He was furious and ordered me not to be rude to him. Would he order me to be killed?"

"P finally left. Before he left, he assigned Count B to Marseilles. Poor B left immediately, and he didn't want to come back within three months."

1641, October.

"P sent someone to send a gift, and also brought a letter, hoping that I will give birth to a child smoothly. In the future...he will be a duke. It's ridiculous. I am 40 years old, and I am going to have another child."

1642, October.

"Poor B is back in Rouen at last. He was very upset and we had a quarrel. He pushed me down and I bled. Ah, my Claude! What a brave boy he is! He swore to protect me And unborn brother. My poor child. My lovely child!"

1642, October.

"The baby was born, a healthy girl, and Sir P. sent a letter back immediately. He wanted the baby to be named Louis or Louise, but I don't want to use his name."

"I'm so tired."

"P sent some gold coins and jewels, promising to give Abigail the royal family name."

1643, October.

"Sir P is here again, he met the little baby, the little baby is very cute, he likes it very much."

1643, October.

"Sir P. will not come again. Oh! My poor little darling, what will you do in the future?"

Epilogue Eleven

The king has a secret.

He kept a lead safe in his bedroom, in which he kept some important and secret documents, including a report on the investigation of Lady Abigail Barberion.

On the night of his marriage to Abigail, the king opened the safe after his wife was asleep, read the investigation report again, and then lit the document on a candle.

Right now, only two people in the world know who Abigail's biological father is, the King himself, and Abigail's titular father, the Duke of Nice.

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There is no other story (cold).Originally, the Spanish copy was to write more about Adrian's plot, but later he found that the European nobles didn't care much about the marriage of close relatives, so he didn't have to worry about it.So now I feel that the Spanish copy is a bit weak, and Adrian's shaping is not very good.

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom has reigned for 68 years this year, and she is expected to refresh the European monarchy record by living another four years.

Queen Victoria of England reigned for 63 years and 7 months, Austrian Franz Joseph I reigned for 68 years, and Kangxi reigned for 61 years.

Louis XIV actually married Princess Maria Theresa of Spain in June 1660.

Just write whatever you want.Louis must marry the royal princess for the first time, but it doesn't matter if he remarries later. France is strong enough to not use marriage to consolidate the regime.

The marriage of Abigail and Louis is regarded as a "marriage of nobles and concubines", compared with the treatment of Camilla and Prince Charles after they got married (no title of "Princess of Wales", etc.), but in fact this theory is also the French court during the period of Louis XIV If he created it himself, Louis can completely ignore this. As long as he and Abigail are legally married, even if Abigail is not of sufficient status, their legal son is qualified and can inherit the throne.

Little Louis and little Philip were not sons born in a legal marriage, so even if their parents were married, they had no chance of inheriting the throne.

Why did Louis then have such an illegitimate child?

What?Haven't figured out who Abigail's father is?It's Louis XIII.

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