[Music] a few kilometers to the north of Paris the Royal necropolis can be found in the Basilica of sandinu this is where French kings are buried since San Luis Louis XIV rested here in the family tomb with his relatives for over three quarters of a century when French revolutionaries voted the desecration of Royal tombs to celebrate the fall of the monarchy this is where the exhumations of the Bourbons took place from the 12th of October to the 28th of October 1793. the Crypt was a walled area in which coffins were lined up laid on iron trestles the revolutionaries pierced a hole in the wall at the back to reach the sarcophagus they opened Louis XIV large wooden coffin and oh shock he was perfectly well preserved black like ink the sovereigns blackened corpse chilled the desecrators to the Bone could this be the devil's warning terrified they quickly threw the body in the mass grave on top of his peers this revolutionary deed signed the symbolic end of France's most powerful Royal Dynasty this was the last time Louis xiv's body was seen [Music] on the morning of the 1st of September 1715 Louis XIV passed away in his bedroom in the Chateau de Versailles carried off in 23 Days by a terrible disease gangrene the Sun King faced his death with the same Panache he had shown throughout his entire reign [Music] s Louis XIV as the silvers had to perform a show of a good death a great death that would serve as an example for all his subjects [Music] all his life he was aware of ensuring his reputation having it acknowledged by his high Deeds by magnificent achievements of good death was part of this prestigious policy would be shown to all of Europe and would enable him to leave a long lasting Mark in history [Music] here was this Monarch who was a type of ruling machine who never let anything show and even his death was part of his job meaning that a king was born lived and died in public so he had to work for his death to make it the Final Act in his King's role Sumptuous Versailles Palace which Louis XIV had created entirely turned out to be the ideal location to perform this final tragedy but it was in The Chateau at Mali where he had taken up his summer residency for two months where he enjoyed a relaxed lifestyle far from Versailles protocol that his decline began the court had settled in Marley like every summer since the 12th of June the king's Health was declining a little he had some dizzy spells but he wasn't more concerned than that on the 10th of August he felt a pain in his left leg he went back to Versailles carried on living casually even went for a stroll the next day in the Triano Gardens he continues to pursued his sovereign [Music] the 10th of August is the symbolic date of the king's last illness and also the beginning of the end in a way from the 10th of August onwards there was a type of countdown people followed hour by hour and sometimes minute by minute the king's Agony until his last breath foreign Louis xiv's intimate Circle beared witness in the writing of all the stages of his demise their Tales traveled through centuries noteworthy are the Marquis De dinosaurs Memoirs a loyal and close friend of the royal couple or the letters of the princess Palatine Louis XIV sister-in-law whose humor and frankness the King appreciated an unavoidable feminine character of the court she held an abundant correspondence with over 60 000 letters in which she related life at Versailles as for Madame dumantono whom the king secretly married in his second wedding she shared the last 30 years of his life until the king's last breath in her letters she shared more intimate confidences on Louie's feelings the man hidden behind the king's clothes beginning of his illness Louis XIV was about to celebrate his 77th birthday a record for the time however he was not in High Spirits in 1715 Versailles Court was aging many old courtiers there who knew the King when he was young had remained loyal Versailles was synonymous of boredom it was no longer synonymous of creativity and intellectual daring things were happening in Paris now [Music] austere atmosphere of the end of the rain was mostly due to the king's aging he was less inclined to taste the entertainments that pleased the youth he was with Madame no who was also rather aged being three years older than them so the Aging couple tended to become withdrawn especially since all the brilliant personalities of the era had disappeared he had lost all his greatest enemies William of Orange Leopold of Austria he had no enemies left he had outlived them he had lost his greatest men his generals his artists they had all disappeared [Music] team in the 18th century had already begun everything was changing around the king the enlightenment was here Louis XIV could not be a part of the new century he stood like one last Rampart Louis XIV ruled over France for 72 years an endless Reign the longest in history over all periods and countries even his people grew tired of this king who seemed Immortal who outlived his own descendants literally decimated between 1711 and 1712. first it was Louis XIV son The Heir a parent who died in 1711. and his grandson the Duke of burgundy The Duchess of burgundy and their child Louis xiv's great grandson the eldest of the great grandchildren also died in 1712. so who was left the little Duke of Andrew who was two years old future Louis XV the last grandson and so it was on this young child of delicate Health that the future of all the French monarchy depended Louis XIV was very distressed by this series of deaths but he carried on ruling the kingdom bravely yet Madame de methanol wrote he sometimes came to her Apartments alone she said we shut the door there was just the two of us and he was overcome by uncontrollable tears this King was resigned the king wounded by life and the tragedies that struck his family here was a king who was waiting to die isolated Louis XIV was a king hated by his people tired of the Endless military campaigns LED since the beginning of his rule particularly the last one the war of the Spanish secession whose 15 years of fighting had ruined the country France was going through a very difficult period the Royal treasure was depleted this era was called the little Ice Age it was -20 degrees Celsius in Paris Winters were particularly harsh and when we say harsh memorials say the wine froze in the chaos inside they could not write because the inkwells froze conditions were disastrous for the people there was a famine with its lot of epidemics and riots this was one more ordeal on top of the Spanish War one million deaths over five percent of the population died [Music] France was exhausted it was within this financial crisis and in popularity context that Louis XIV entered his Twilight during the weekend after he returned from Marley he felt more pain in his left leg on the morning of Monday the 12th of August his doctor examined him his chief doctor diagnosed him on Monday it was a sciatica obviously he was wrong but he was adamant for over 12 days which made him lose precious time was undoubtedly Louis xiv's great doctor they were born the same year in 1638 so the fact that the doctor and patient had the same age must have created a type of bond complicity maybe complementarity even the king confided in him he had the king's trust and [ __ ] was extremely well respected at the court around the chief doctor there were several dozen doctors surgeons and people who were connected to the maintenance surveillance and curing of the royal body there's a curious document entitled King Louis xiv's health Journal it's a daily diary of the king's Health written by his three Chief doctors throughout his life first there was during his childhood and the first part of his life in the last part of his reign foreign one realizes that Louis XIV was truly Louis the sickly he had many illnesses throughout his life fevers migraines renal colics discomforts vertigo Louis XIV was a force of nature although his usual state was one of illness his robust Constitution helped him get over the worst ailments bleedings as a baby smallpox when he was nine gonorrhea at 17 typhoid fever which nearly killed him and made him lose all his hair at the age of 22 measles at 24 a tapeworm at 32 giving him a terrific appetite and at 47 years old he underwent an operation so delicate and impressive that it was named the great operation Louis xiv's most famous disease whose curing was the most celebrated is the fistula he suffered from in 1686. the king had an anal fistula this is a type of small duct which was infected between his anus and his colon and which was very painful Felix De Tessie his chief surgeon tried to reduce the abscess by all means but an operation was inevitable it took place in Versailles in the king's bedroom but in utmost secrecy certain patients or fistulas at the Versailles Hospital were used as guinea pigs the surgeon practiced on them created a scalpel with a type of flexible probe to avoid pain a curved scalpel is called he introduced the probe and operated the king underwent the operation without any anesthetics and with a high risk of infection there was no antiseptic at the time he dealt with the pain stoically and asked his surgeon to treat him like any other patient so that his hand would not tremble [Music] the operation was a great success Louis XIV presided the council soon afterwards and he rode his horse on March the 4th which was a sign of complete recovery despite the pain Louis XIV continued to work with his ministers he always gave priority to the kingdom at the cost of his personal life his last official appearance was the audience for the Persian Ambassador but she gave in public on the 13th of August although he could barely stand up he received him for hours Bound in an extremely heavy gold and black velvet costume encrusted with diamonds he had to take it off immediately after dinner it tired him greatly so they say and then he ruled the council as if nothing had happened the reception took place in the Apollo Salon Louis XIV throne room at the heart of the representation of royal power on one of the walls is Louis xiv's most famous portrait in his coronation costume painted by Rigo in 1701. ironically The Sovereign faced this painting once again portraying him in all his majesty with his slim elegant left leg forward the king shows his leg it was that very leg which was infected with gangrene but the King was unaware of that at the time [Music] the illness evolved and what everyone was most concerned about especially his doctor was that he didn't sleep anymore and this meant that the pain never left him on the 14th of August the King was in so much pain that he was taken to Versailles Royal Chapel in a chair for one last Mass Louis XIV used to go there every day at 10. this Royal Chapel that he saw for the last time on this day is his architectural Testament for him it was the most important piece at the end of his Reign two million pounds to build it can you imagine it's quite considerable it's three times the budget of the Hall of Mirrors for instance the Royal Chapel has two stories like any Palatine Chapel but this one took on a dimension which was unheard of on the ground floor was the court and upstairs on the same level as his apartment was the king surrounded by his family in the next few days the doctors found the king's leg had swollen and his fever increased despaired by this illness they could not control they tried out various useless treatments rubbing the leg with hot towels or plunging it in baths filled with aromatic herbs with Burgundy wine a clear-sighted letter by Madame Palatine the king's sister-in-law expressed the concern which was suddenly spreading throughout the court [Music] frightens me so heart trembles people started to have doubts about the king's Health degradation insofar as he could no longer walk or even stand up people were used to moving Louis XIV about on a wheelchair when he had gout but this time Louis XIV was much worse than when he had bouts of gout and the symptoms were not similar to gouts [Music] on the 19th of August he was bedridden and would not leave his room again the illness was worse than he thought everything concentrated in this Royal bedroom which became the center of the world where the Final Act would unfold like an Act five scene five of the great tragedies by Racine where his death would unfold it was both dramatic and spectacular but also contained Serene and full of devotion everything was going to happen in this room at the heart of the Versailles Palace he chose its position in 1701 on the great East-West perspective [Music] the bedroom faces the East and faces the Rising Sun he had chosen all the rooms arrangements and this was where he would die [Music] it's perfection of radiating around the Royal Persona meaning that everything revolved around the king like the sun and its satellites the image of the Sun for King Louis XIV is perfectly well suited the silver had the full Powers everyone gravitated around him he was the master get etiquette under Louis xiv's rule was the most complex in Europe it may make us smile today all the little privileges which sounds Simone called the little politics of small nothings holding the candle when the king went to bed holding his shirt by the right arm the favorite the most sought after was to approach the king with as few witnesses as possible it was called when the King was on his close too being part of the king's Entourage when he went hunting was also very much sought after this [Music] each small privilege set ranks which marked the importance of quarters amongst themselves Louis XIV designed a fearsome system allowing him to hold Court and these quarters this nobility instead of getting along together to protest against the king's power they all had their eyes on the king and argued over privileges a fine example of the maxim divide and Rule thank you every space in Versailles was connected to this life on display everything was made for the king to be seen who had a function at the King's house lived at Versailles there were around 3 000 of them but during the parties thrown by the king all the nobility came from Paris and other regions the crowd reached up to 10 000 people all the king's everyday life occurred in public beginning with the Levee ceremony which took place in the king's bedroom later in the morning there was mass in the chapel [Music] his Gardens which were open to the public [Music] then there were the king's meals dinner at lunchtime and supper in the evenings were also public they ended with the king's retiring ceremony his whole life was in public a ticket was maintained Until the End entrance into the bedroom was filtered one only entered if one had been invited or if one had the privilege Louis XIV was on a theater stage during his last days he was in his bed behind the balustrad like in a play and he died in front of the court he created this court system of the king's absolute representation system for the best and worst moments and Louis XIV never hid his weaknesses but showed he resisted them and that was even stronger [Music] on the 22nd of August fearing to be held Soul responsible for his Royal patience decline ordered 10 doctors from Paris to come and examine the king they all came by order of years of experience they were very eloquent to hide their helplessness and came up with ridiculous remedies like donkey's milk more digestible than cow's milk for the sick in the 17th century they still had very vague ideas of the cause of diseases medicine had not evolved since ancient times they still believed in Hippocrates and the humor Theory and since they knew very little about what caused illnesses there were two Universal remedies purging and bleeding they counted in quiet which were plates that would fill in blood according to the need of the bleeding three four five toilettes could amount to 10 20 30 centiliters of blood and sometimes more which for someone who was already ill and feverish could result in losing consciousness [Music] Louis XIV probably underwent several hundred bleedings as for purging the second medical treatment of the time he endured it stoically until the beginning of his last illness as donjo wrote in his journal in fashionable terms the king takes medicine in the 17th century when one used the expression to take medicine it meant either taking a purge meaning swallowing a liquid a preparation that would make one vomit or make you defecate or it was an enema in Louis XIV for example his chief doctor required the king to take medicine once a month twice a month exceptionally or once every two months it was a real established ritual at the court and parts of it were public I am convinced that if the king who is only 77 years old had not been purged so often in such an inhuman Way by feigel he would have gone past his 80th birthday but he purged him until he bled and the King suffered tremendously in those days he said he had never felt such heightened pain and the doctors never relieved him of that pain and the schedule [Music] on the 24th of August the king's leg was bandaged and his leg was found to be marbled in Black the diagnosis was obvious it was gangrene Ur the doctors incompetence became evident they were not able to identify the illness and would not be able to cure us when Louis XIV understood it was gangrene he knew he was doomed to stop gangrene an irreversible tissue necrosis doctors performed amputations a radical operation without any anesthetics or sterilization Louis XIV was narrowly spared this ultimate torture limits doctors and surgeons knew gangrene very well but no one dared to say the word because they knew that at the time gangrene practically meant death rare were old people who survived an amputation [Music] the king's surgeons did consider amputation especially Marshall the chief surgeon when marishel gave 10 Lancet blows to the king's leg he noticed that the gangrene had spread hugely to all the left side sources said that the king's leg was in the same state as if he had been dead six months Sovereign himself asked to be amputated but his doctors were against it it was too late [Music] was nothing left to do doctors stopped all treatment in this very religious Society Louis XIV had to accomplish his Christian Duty before dying he devoted himself entirely to Preparing his soul for God foreign the last rites were given to the King on the 25th of August on the previous day he had learned his illness was fatal and asked father letelia for immediate confessions then he received the last rights which were the vieticon communion and extreme unctions [Music] the king's Faith was solidly anchored it was personal a faith that supported him and would support him naturally upon his death he was even heard saying if this is dying I am not afraid and I would like to suffer more to expiate my sins so it was an edifying death both the death of a king and the death of a Christian Louis XIV was recognized as a very Christian king during the coronation ceremony he drew his powers straight from God this was the divine right of kings during the coronation the body was divided in two he had a sacred body throughout his life it was his duty to be a very Christian and religious King he answered only to God foreign [Music] on the morning of the 26th of August Louis XIV asked his surgeon how much time he had left to live surgeon answered two days from this day on he began bidding farewell to the various members of his Entourage and family the 14th received the princess first and advised them to remain United after this speech he said these moving words I hope you will remember me sometimes the princess's visit was one of the most painful moments for the king who was extremely attached to his feminine Galaxy he could not resist his daughter and granddaughter's tears nor those of the princess Palatine [Music] was the king's sister-in-law and this was allowed into the king's bedroom for his Farewell she related the moment in the letter she wrote that very evening she was astounded she did not lose Consciousness for she was so moved and upset by what she saw he wished me how he had blessings and to be happy all my life I fell to my knees took his hand and kissed it he embraced me [Music] then he bid Fair metano he said something odd which she did not answer to and was a little offended by he told her the only consolation he had was that given her age he would see her again in heaven soon he also begged forgiveness and not having loved her enough or made her happy enough he worried about her future and entrusted her to the care of the Duke of Olean then he addressed his successor his great-grandson who was five years old and was brought to the bedroom by his governess Madame de vontadu he was lying in bed child approached him and he gave him an extremely moving speech whose words were recorded by a witness this is the famous speech that begins with mignon you are going to be a great king you will be king of a great Kingdom I urge you never to forget your obligations to God try to remain at peace with your neighbors I have loved War too much do not copy me in that or in my overspending lighten your people's burden as soon as possible and do what I have had The Misfortune not to do myself finished his speech giving him his Blessing and burst into tears moved by what he was doing here was Louis XIV at the head of such a numerous family that succession problems were inconceivable but in 1715 Louis xiv's only successor was Louis the 15th a five-year-old boy the king's great-grandson this meant that the two generations between Louis XIV and Louis XV have been decimated which was Unthinkable 15 years beforehand thank you alarmed by his Dynasty's frailty the king had written his will one year before his death he had planned a Regency until Louis xv's coming of age he had to be 13 to rule according to monarchy's usages he named his little appreciated nephew the Duke of orleo not the Regent but the head of the Regency Council Louis XIV had prepared a spectacular turn of events by removing the Duke of Olio from the Regency he did not completely ban him because the Duke of oleon had to exert the Regency it was in the Crown's order of succession it was more subtle than that he deprived him of any power by making him the president of the Regency Council and this Council was composed of 13 people including the Duke of Olive the Other 12 were the Duke of oleon's 12 enemies like the legitimized sons the Duke of Maine and the Duke of Toulouse Louis XIV had done something Unthinkable by raising the Duke of Maine and the Duke of Toulouse his illegitimate Sons born from his affair with Madame de montespal to the rank of princes of the blood his bastards could claim to succeed him in the same way as his legitimate heirs could this decision which violated the Kingdom's fundamental laws caused a scandal among nobility in his will Louis XIV favored the Duke of men his favorite the Duke of Maine received the heirs apparent superintendency in his education and above all he got the Mastery of the military household of the king so he disposed of the heir appearance force and education he disposed was left on the sidelines Louis XIV was no do what he wrote his will he was lucid and knew that as soon as he would die the will would be broken and he said so in his Memoirs we can do anything we want when we are alive when we aren't we can do less than an individual the King was gradually losing Consciousness but they still tried one last thing notably with the arrival of a certain blood who was the type of charlatan this cure was Drops that were mixed in with Burgundy wine which was the wine Louis XIV drink there was no hope left so people agreed that the king take this treatment the king almost lived again people shouted it's a miracle there was movement in the court many people had gathered in the anti-chambers of the Duke of earlier who was getting ready to rule Chambers emptied people rushed back to the king this did not last because the Elixir had a limited time effect one can believe that taking alcohol did provide some respite but the interval only lasted 24 hours and then Louis XIV was even worse thinking that he could be held responsible for the king's imminent death yes and rather quickly the king fell in a semi-conscious state from then on people waited for his death which occurred on the morning of the 1st of September Sunday September 1st 17 15. [Music] the king died this morning at 8 15 and a half he yielded up his soul without any effort like a candle going out [Music] when the king expired the Duke of Olio immediately went obey homage to the young Duke of Angela if she smelt before him without saying a word the child understood by this gesture that he was the new king that his great-grandfather had died and he burst into tears he died surrounded by The Faculty he was not alone there were also clergyman who prayed continuously there was also all his service certain princes of his family and he died on show like he lived most of his life as soon as his death was announced clergy men left the bedroom families the king's eyes were closed his hands were placed on his stomach and the bedroom was prepared for the day's visits to present the deceased showing his face during one day in the bed he died in displayed for whoever wanted to see him it was a public display without any order hierarchy pump or anything he says it was it was just to show that he was dead Louis XIV death certificate was recorded by the priest ushung in Notre Dame de Versailles register the king slipped in between Luis bulagna and Elizabeth pridance two young girls who died in infancy as soon as he disappeared the Sun King became a mere individual like any other his authority was swept away because when he passed his last wishes were trampled [Music] the very day of Louis xiv's death on the 1st of September when the will was still secret the Duke of oleon was informed that he would be removed from Regency and extremely quickly he organized for the following day the second a solemn Seance at Parliament and there he played his part he entered the parliament reminded them of the last words Louis XIV had told him that he would keep all the rights his rank entitled into the will was opened and then they learned that he was removed from Regency he pretended to be offended to not understand and finally with a few arguments in one afternoon he turned all the members of parliament around nothing could have been easier he promised them the earth and the Parliament like one man entrusted all the Regency to Philippe volion and that was that from then on the evening of the 2nd of September it was settled two weeks later there was a parliament session with the lead is a session in the parliament of Paris in the presence of the Kings on the 12th of September it was in five-year-old Louis XV presence that the full Powers were officially given to the Duke of earlier who was recognized as Regent in parallel of this political upheaval to annul the will the Royal funeral ritual began in Versailles the 14th had not left any instructions so the Duke of Orleans ordered the same celebrations as Louis XII had had on the 2nd of September it was the autopsy day the king's body was moved from his bedroom to the bullseye Salon where a large table had been placed with a tablecloth on it the king's body was placed on the table where he would be autopsy there were about 30 people around this long table on which the king's corpse was laid it must have been in a state of advanced decomposition and unbearable stench during Louis XIV autopsy they noticed that the gangrene had continued to spread so they were sure it was gangrene which would be qualified as senile nowadays it spread from the left foot and went up the entire body to reach the head [Music] it was during this autopsy that the king's corpse was separated in a symbolic way into three separate parts the body the entrails and the Heart this ternary fission was an old tradition of French monarchy which meant that sovereigns would honor three different places through their remains the King has three tombs one for his body in sandini the Royal necropolis the heart tomb and San Luis church and the entrails Tomb at Notre Dame in Paris in fact once the autopsy was finished the king's body was embalmed and the entrails were replaced with all sorts of traditionally preserving plants and also with toe which was a kind of fabric that gave a shape to the king's body Louis xiv's body was too damaged to be displayed even then bombed so the body was embalmed because it was tradition but it was immediately placed in his coffin and he was put in a double coffin of Oak and lead and then the king's body disappeared for good it was the first time things happened like this because in former times and until Henry IV there was a wax Effigy reproducing the sovereign's traits in a very realistic way and this Effigy was entitled to all the honors the king had when he was alive he was even served meals Louis XII stopped this custom judging it was too Pagan he decided there would no longer be effigies [Music] when the King was in his coffin he was no longer displayed in his funeral room but would be presented in Mercury's drawing room which was the king's former parade room and would now serve as funerary parlor the king's body was moved in three pieces on a Podium on which a golden sheet was laid and then the coffin was placed on it on the coffin the heart was laid and at the foot of the coffin the entrails the bodies of the state ambassadors clergyman who came to sprinkle holy water would parade in a strict protocol this was a real show that went on for eight days [Music] on 9th September at the end of the day at seven in the evening the coffin was brought down into the Royal Courtyard at the Chateau de Versailles where a great funeral Carriage awaited one must imagine hundreds of people escorting him with gods of course a crowd of poor people dressed in Gray and holding a candle in all his offices chaplains a series of carriages with princes who accompanied the king [Music] oh [Music] look when the procession left Versailles via the Avenue De Paris went down to the pond deceived across the sand and went along the broad bulani to reach santoine and finally sandini [Music] came out to see this extraordinary show go by with 2500 people with the royal guard drums rolling torches held high since the procession lasted a long time they had set up tents and brought food and drinks and were not necessarily in a great contemplative mood the parisians feasted and some even made nasty comments a tenacious Legend holds that Louis XIV was transported on the sly but it was traditional to deliver great personalities at night the important Royal procession reached sandini in the early hours of the morning where the clergy took the king's body in hand this of course is symbolic leaving Versailles at night and arriving in the morning in sandini going from Death at night to Resurrection in the light the king's body was displayed for a few days in the Basilica then moved to the sanctuary for 42 days the time required to prepare the Sumptuous settings for the ceremony to hold all the public that would come for the ceremony in sandini they had to transform it into a theater or even an opera Hall they built lodges the entire church was draped in black windows were blacked out it was all black inside and thousands of candles lit it up and in the middle of all this a gigantic katafaki inside which the coffin was placed we have a vision of this gothic church which was entirely transformed they were in a baroque space the service in charge of organizing the King's funeral was this legendary service called Le menopause whose exact title was in charge of all ephemeral entertainments at the court these could be parties or the king's coronation parties thrown in the gardens but also funerals and in sandini it was the menu please here who were in charge of Designing this huge funeral decorations which was thought of as a theatrical decoration and people admired it like they would admire a theatrical display foreign could see your procession of people who wanted to be seen because this was the place to be seen in and show one's real situation at court which close to where what place to have who could one pass who could be overtaken it was a fundamental aspect of such a long funeral for the court Society the 23rd of October after a five-hour long Mass celebrated in his memory Louis XIV could finally rest forever but his coffin did not join those of the rest of his family he would replace Louis XIII in the anti-chamber stored in a crypt reserved for the body of the last dead King over the sound and he was lowered to the entrance of the vault at the foot of the steps with his head turned towards the entrance of the vault as if he was waiting for his successor when his successor would die his body would be transported to the back of the Vault with the others and the coffin of his successor would take his place and before closing it there was a famous ceremony where the various monarchy Insignia were laid on the coffin such as the gauntlet The Shield the helmet the Spurs the sword the banner of France the Pinon the King's and then the king of arms shouted out the famous King Louis XIV is dead Long Live King Louis XV which became the king is dead long live the king and everybody shouted long live the king three times the music started to play drums to roll trumpets rang out and everyone shouted long live the king so it was a funeral ceremony the king is dead but it was also a ceremony of accession the long lived the king foreign such spectacular Services were given in the following weeks at Notre Dame or the San Chapel for one year Royal funerals were organized all over the kingdom of France in the neighboring countries in Europe in Rome or in Spain and even the rest of the world in Mexico or Peru to pay one last homage to the Sun King his remains still rest in santany thanks to Louis the 18th the last French King buried there who restored the Royal necropolis 25 years after its desecration the bones of Louis XIV were retrieved haphazardly in the mass Graves with those of Louis XIII Henry IV Marie De medicis and many others and gathered in the same ossuary Behind These Walls [Music] foreign [Music] and in the princess Chapel which comprises the coffins of Adelaide and Victoria de France Louis xv's daughters the princes of Conde the Duke of berry and his granddaughter Isabel dartwa who died at one day old Louis xiv's heart joined as he desired his father Louis XIII in the middle of the heart cabinet upon this Vermeil box the following Epitaph is engraved here is the heart of Louis XIV by the grace of God King of France and Navarre very Christian deceased in his Palace in Versailles on the first day of September 1715. records and patcher [Music] foreign [Music]