Louis XIV, monarque absolu (1661-1669)

After having been received with pomp by his superintendent of finances, Nicolas Fouquet, in Vaux-le-Vicomte, Louis XIV suspected his minister of having enriched himself on the royal treasury. He conceives a deep jealousy of it. For many months, he plotted his vengeance and had him arrested in Nantes on September 5, 1661. Dazzled by Vaux-le-Vicomte, he asked those who had made the magnificence of it to work on the beautification of Versailles. The shock of Fouquet's arrest is immense among the courtiers who, from now on, will be wary of this king who has just revealed a new facet of his personality. Without deserting the queen's bed, Louis XIV lived true love passions, in particular with Françoise Athénaïs de Montespan.