1715 - Around 7pm, #LouisXIV ate two biscuits with wine. He was quite hungry. pic.twitter.com/rtWYiDWMxQ
— ChateaudeVersailles (@CVersailles) August 29, 2015
1715 - 29 August #LouisXIV is stable, he is still receiving doses of Brun’s elixir pic.twitter.com/8Yq1muKcbh
— ChateaudeVersailles (@CVersailles) August 29, 2015
1715 - The Brun's special elixir : the Court wants to believe to a miracle but #LouisXIV remains very weak pic.twitter.com/MzsnNB77YR
— ChateaudeVersailles (@CVersailles) August 28, 2015
1715 - #LouisXIV addresses his tearful manservants: "Did you think I was immortal? I never thought so myself." pic.twitter.com/skeZ1mKjYu
— ChateaudeVersailles (@CVersailles) August 28, 2015
1715 - 28 August, The King spent a very restless night, #LouisXIV is getting weaker and weaker pic.twitter.com/HvttvNxTKP
— ChateaudeVersailles (@CVersailles) August 28, 2015
1715 - #Latestnews The young king Louis XV will set up home at the Palace of Vincennes after the death of #LouisXIV pic.twitter.com/HKLwQkSRXX
— ChateaudeVersailles (@CVersailles) 27 Août 2015
1715 - #Latestnews After his death, the king wants his heart to be kept in the Jesuit Church #LouisXIV pic.twitter.com/jj9c2tl3Tf
— ChateaudeVersailles (@CVersailles) 27 Août 2015

Three centuries ago, on 1st September 1715, the Sun King passed away. For the weekend, on 29 and 30 August 2015, ARTE channel in French and German celebrates this anniversary with concerts and documentaries on a par with the monarch and his beloved Versailles.
1715 - #Latestnews #LouisXIV beseeches Louis XV to be a peaceful king "I have been too fond of war..." pic.twitter.com/a9ZGjwz0F8
— ChateaudeVersailles (@CVersailles) August 26, 2015
According to the order of #succession it’s young Louis XV, great-grandson of #LouisXIV, who will inherit the #throne pic.twitter.com/bTJTQcl54G
— ChateaudeVersailles (@CVersailles) August 26, 2015
All post are halted throughout the kingdom & The Parlement de Paris orders public prayers to be said for #LouisXIV pic.twitter.com/O3ps24OsNu
— ChateaudeVersailles (@CVersailles) August 26, 2015
1715 - 26 August, the doctors are bandaging #LouisXIV’s leg & the surgeon has made several incisions pic.twitter.com/Ppi1qjG2QG
— ChateaudeVersailles (@CVersailles) August 26, 2015