Sun King
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Trump said Tuesday he had accepted Macron's offer of dinner at Versailles as the palace of the French Sun King Louis XIV is "not gold leaf" but the "real deal".
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
"He's just like Louis XIV," one retired American diplomat said to me, referring to France's self-aggrandising Sun King.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2025
Louis XVI — the Sun King — and Queen Marie Antoinette held lavish banquets at Versailles before they were beheaded during the French revolution.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
In September, they discovered the Sun King complex through the district, receiving assistance from Many Mansions and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, or HACLA, for the paperwork process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
Louis Xiy aged fifteen, as Apollo, the Sun King, in Lully's Le Ballet de la nuit of 1653.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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