“Call me ma’am!” »: The true story of Madame Palatine, a "big mouth" at the court of the Sun King (EP. 2/5)

2024-02-13T15:58:50.568Z

Highlights: “Call me ma’am!” »: The true story of Madame Palatine, a "big mouth" at the court of the Sun King (EP. 2/5). From Monday to Friday, unique “Madames” invite themselves to Historically Vôtre. For the second episode, Stéphane Bern tells the story of an astonishing – and also explosive – personality, the sister-in-law of Louis XIV, a princess who does not take tweezers, but ended up paying the price.

Special week “Call me Madam!” From Monday to Friday, unique “Madames” invite themselves to Historically Vôtre. For the second episode, Stéphane Bern tells the story of an astonishing – and explosive too – personality, the sister-in-law of Louis XIV, a princess who takes no pinching, but ended up paying the price. Or the true story of Madame Palatine, a "big mouth" at the court of the Sun King... By what alliance game did this German princess marry Monsieur, brother of Louis XIV? What were his ties to the Sun King? What was his influence at court? To talk about it, Stéphane Bern receives Thierry Sarmant, historian of the 17th and 18th centuries, general curator of heritage at the National Archives and author of "L'envers du Grand Siècle. Madame Palatine the challenge to the Sun King" (Ed. Flammarion).