Louis XIV treated his death as his final public performance, adhering to strict court etiquette.
: He left behind the Palace of Versailles and a transformed France, though he also left the state nearly bankrupt. La mort de Louis XIV (The Death of Louis XIV)
💡 : Louis XIV’s leg was reportedly so ravaged by gangrene that his doctors refused to perform an amputation, believing he was too weak to survive the surgery. Louis XIV treated his death as his final