The Death of Louis XIV 2016 Online Full Movie

The Death of Louis XIV: A Tragic Tale of Illness and Decline

After returning from the hunt on August 9, 1715, Louis XIV lies in his bed. Due to his deteriorating cardiovascular health, an embolism in his leg becomes gangrenous. From that point on, he becomes increasingly frail and unable to perform his royal duties.

The King’s Decline and Medical Crisis

Although he temporarily rallies, he relapses rapidly and acquires a fever due to the infection. Word of the King’s worsening medical condition spreads through the Court at Versailles, from which his chief physician forbids further travel. The Royal Family tries to censor the flow of information about the King’s deterioration.

The Final Days and Legacy of Louis XIV

Four doctors from the University of Paris medical faculty are then summoned to provide diagnosis and care for the ailing monarch, but gangrene is only diagnosed when his chief doctor, Georges Mareschal, makes an incision in his diseased leg and diagnoses it from his subsequent analysis of the wound site. Although Mareschal advises amputation, the King refuses to contemplate it and starts preparation for his imminent death instead.

He receives the sacraments of confession and the rite of final unction, while he also organises a subsequent regency for his young great-grandson, the future King Louis XV with the assistance of his mistress Madame Maintenon and Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, one of his older illegitimate children, who is appointed regent until the five year old Louis XV reaches maturity.

Francois de Neufville, duc de Villeroy is appointed Louis XV’s legal guardian until his maturity, after which the dying monarch provides his successor with advice about how to rule wisely after his death.

The King’s Passing and Funeral

Several quacks attempt to ‘heal’ the King, but he is now succumbing rapidly as his gangrene worsens. On August 30, he lapses into a coma, before his eventual death on September 1, 1715, at 8.15 am. After a post-mortem medical examination, his heart and intestines are separated from the rest of his body as his earlier wishes dictated. On September 9, 1715, after lying in state, his body is interred within the Basilica of Saint-Denis.

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