Season 1
(2015)
Overview
Versailles, 1667. King Louis XIV is a 28-year-old monarch on the cusp of greatness. A ruthless leader, he will stop at nothing to achieve his vision of creating the most beautiful palace in Europe and seizing absolute control of France and his enemies. In order to rule over the nobility and to permanently impose his absolute power, he launches the construction of Versailles, like one sets a trap. Louis XIV is a young king haunted by childhood trauma, the Fronde, a rebellion of the nobility agai…
Cast
as Louis XIV
as Philippe d'Orléans, aka 'Monsieur'
as Fabien Marchal
as Alexandre Bontemps
as Queen Marie-Thérèse of Austria
as Athénaïs de Montespan
as The Knight of Lorraine
as Sophie de Clermont, Duchess of Cassel
as Jean-Baptiste Colbert
as François de Louvois
as Cassel
as Henriette d'Angleterre
as Béatrice de Lorraine, Madame de Clermont
as Louise de La Vallière
as Jaques
as Montcourt
as Louis de Rohan
as Claudine, King's doctor
as Companion
as Burly Man
Episodes
Welcome to Versailles 6.1
November 16, 2015
In 1667 in France, Louis XIV is a young king who wants to impose his power whereas he is traumatized by the Fronde (the…
I Am the State 5.2
November 16, 2015
The Queen gave birth to the first royal baby and it triggers some rumors. Besides, Louis XIV's counselors advice him to…
Mirror for Princes 5.0
November 23, 2015
Louis XIV wants the nobility to live at his side in Versailles. But noblemen and noblewomen have to prove their noble o…
The Road 4.8
November 23, 2015
Cassel's brigands continue to slaughter visitors to Versailles including the king's god-daughter though Fabien has his …
Bow to Your King 5.0
November 30, 2015
Philippe returns to Versailles, a super-confident war hero, ready to challenge his brother as the peace treaty with Spa…
Invalides 7.1
November 30, 2015
Ex-soldiers working on construction at the palace feel aggrieved at their treatment and down tools. On advice from gard…
Revelations 7.4
December 7, 2015
Louis is struck down with fever and, whilst the official version is that he has had a hunting accident, the courtiers a…
Diplomacy 8.4
December 7, 2015
With his lover in prison and his wife Henriette surviving a miscarriage Philippe is not a happy man but Louis, buoyant …
Etiquette 7.5
December 14, 2015
Louis believes to triumph diplomatically when his queen Henriette negotiates an alliance with England against the Dutch…
Bring the Garden Here 7.6
December 14, 2015
Duchess Henriette becomes suddenly ill when she returns from a visit to her brother in England. They fear she might hav…