After the Franco-Dutch War of 1672-78, Louis celebrates France’s victory over the Protestant Dutch and their allies by welcoming Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I of Hungary and his niece Eleanor…

The affair of the poisons continues. Could it even reach deep into Louis’s own court?

Louis has Phillipe get close to the spy. This ignites the Chevalier’s jealousy. Fabien learns what Father Etienne does with the children he rescues. Montespan is desperate to reclaim the…

Louis ends his relationship with Madame De Montespan who full of humiliation turns to dark forces. Palatine is suffering of suspected poisoning and Cassel reveals Thomas’ secret plans to the…

Louis meets Guillaume d’Orange in a relentless combat and returns to Versailles full of new energy. The court is in shock of two new deaths and Montespan feels herself increasingly…

King Louis XIV’s continued insomnia makes him increasingly volatile, meaning Marchal’s loyalty counts for nothing. Claudine continues to investigate the mystery toxin, while Sophie seeks a solution to her situation.

Madeleine de Foix is arrested as the poisoner after trying to kill Fabien. Montespans baby suffers an illness. Louis faces criticism from Bossuet and Pascal. Sophie endures a terrifying experience…

A delegation arrives, but won’t negotiate with the queen. Phillipe steps up to act as king while Louis is at battle. Fabien mourns Claudine and seeks to avenge her murder….

The King’s bed example is blamed for the nobility’s immorality, fuelled by illicit love potions and powders. Philippe must meet his new bride. Another victim of poisoning confounds Marchal.

A cool welcome awaits Princess Palatine both in the palace salons and her new husband’s bed, but Sophie’s destiny is worst. Marchal finds a prime suspect for the poisonings.

Though his palace continues to expand and receive admiration from around the world, Louis is still plagued by nightmares.

Duchess Henriette becomes suddenly ill when she returns from a visit to her brother in England. They fear she might have been poisoned, so King Louis XIV shuts all access…

Louis believes to triumph diplomatically when his queen Henriette negotiates an alliance with England against the Dutch for cash and a guard for her brother, English king Charles II, but…

With his lover in prison and his wife Henriette surviving a miscarriage Philippe is not a happy man but Louis, buoyant at overcoming his enemies, is keen for an alliance…

Ex-soldiers working on construction at the palace feel aggrieved at their treatment and down tools. On advice from gardener and confidant Jacques, who suggests a war hero act as intermediary,…

Louis is struck down with fever and, whilst the official version is that he has had a hunting accident, the courtiers are suspicious and Philippe lets slip to Rohan that,…

Philippe returns to Versailles, a super-confident war hero, ready to challenge his brother as the peace treaty with Spain is signed. Louis plans a celebratory party but the attacks on…

Cassel’s brigands continue to slaughter visitors to Versailles including the king’s god-daughter though Fabien has his suspicions as to their identity and arrests a likely suspect, aiming to trap the…

The Queen gave birth to the first royal baby and it triggers some rumors. Besides, Louis XIV’s counselors advice him to go to war in order to impose his power….

Louis XIV wants the nobility to live at his side in Versailles. But noblemen and noblewomen have to prove their noble origin to obtain this privilege. Montcourt is one of…