Louis, Grand Dauphin, father of King Felipe V of Spain. By Henri and Charles Beaubrun.
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Ideas for Season 2
What if next season the writers kept up the unreliable narrator device?
There could be an episode next season centering on the Massacre at Vassy - the start of the many wars of religion - where Louis de Bourbon (Prince of Conde) tells Ramira HIS side of the story. In his version he is the only one fighting for Protestants to have the same freedoms and rights as everyone else. This would make for a more rounded character and an interesting look at how Louis sees himself. With his narration he becomes a freedom fighter for the oppressed. Protestants can’t teach/study at Universities, hold certain jobs, worship in public in many cities/provinces. He sees himself as the Huguenots’ savior in many ways--their version of Martin Luther King Jr. He can even physically look thinner and more dignified instead of fulfilling the short/fat one dynamic he has with Antoine when Catherine is narrating.
Since other shows set in this time period do not have the unreliable narrator device, this show should use it to their advantage. This story is filled with people manipulating each other--why not manipulate the audience while you’re at it?
Plus it gives Ramira some internal conflict: who does she believe? Maybe Catherine could try to make her into one of her Flying Squadron (spy/seductresses) but Ramira doesn’t like this, so hearing Louis’s side of the story could help bring tension between her and Catherine, giving Ramira something to do next season since historically she never existed and could easily be overshadowed by the show’s historical figures and events.
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Louis, Anne, Philippe, Mazarin, Beaufort, and most importantly, Pistache
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Françoise-Marie, Duchesse d'Orléans, as Amphitrite by Rosalba Carriera, after an allegorical painting at Versailles by a follower of Pierre Mignard
Italian, first half of the 18th century
watercolor on ivory
Royal Collection Trust
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Louis II Duke of Bourbon (1337-1410).
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Frans Pourbus (Flemish, 1569–1622)
Portrait of King Louis XIII of France, 1611
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Pourbus inscribed the sitter’s age and the painting’s year in the composition: “The holy year 1611 at his age of 10 years.” Marie de’ Medici commissioned this work as she negotiated marriages for her two children to Philip III of Spain and Mary Marguerite of Austria, alliances that led to the European domination of the next two centuries by the Bourbon and Habsburg families.
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“I’m convinced that Louis de Bourbon has convinced himself that he is the king of France. It’s sad and pathetic.” - Submitted by Anonymous
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Royal Birthdays for today, April 30th:
Casimir III, King of Poland, 1310
Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford, 1383
William III, Landgrave of Thuringia, 1425
Louise of Lorraine, Queen of France, 1553
Éléonore de Bourbon, Princess of Orange, 1587
Mary II, Queen of England, 1662
François Louis, Prince of Conti, 1664
Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, 1909
Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, 1946
Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón, Son of Infanta Cristina, 2002
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