DROP THE ANCESTORS, HAIL POWER!

THE FRENCH MONARCHY WAS THE MOST POWERFUL IN EUROPE, EVEN BEFORE LOUIS XIV

Then it became still more robust, a change that his entry announced.

(On August 26, 1660) 

Maurice Leloir in Le Roy Soleil by Gustave Toudoze, 1931

The celebrated  illustrator granted that entry a rare double page in this history for children.  

The cortège took the east-west trade route to enter Paris by the Saint-Antoine gate. It continued along that route, which was relatively straight and had been widened for tournaments...

    Adapted from a map of 1739 / zoom

     The Deadly Joust of Henri II on Rue Saint-Antoine, June 30, 1659 / zoom

Louis's grand-father's and father's innovations lay along it:

We'll follow it.

Rue Saint Antoine

 But first,

 a story that shows how

starting the cortège at Bastille 

had a more immediate goal. 

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Next,
Revolt at la Bastille