Versailles - Season 1

Versailles - Season 1

Season 1

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 against his father Louis XIII… Outstanding political strategist, manipulator, Machiavellian, he will “invent” Versailles in order to keep the Nobles away from Paris and under control
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Episodes10
DatesNov 16, 2015 - Dec 14, 2015
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Episodes

Episode 1
Season 1Episode 160 min

Episode 1

France, 1667. Proud young Louis XIV seeks to stamp his authority on court and country but faces resistance and betrayal, even from those closest to him. Shifting the seat of power to a luxurious rural 'lodge' that he plans to enlarge only adds to his problems.

Louis begins to transform his father's hunting lodge into a majestic château amid plots on his life and preparations for the birth of his next child.

Nov 16, 2015
Episode 2
Season 1Episode 260 min

Episode 2

Harsh steps must be taken to preserve the royal reputation, while flamboyant Philippe causes a stir of his own. The king hopes that humiliating a suspect noble will bring others to heel.

Continuing the lavish drama of infidelities and intrigues at the court of Louis XIV.

Nov 16, 2015
Episode 3
Season 1Episode 360 min

Episode 3

Travellers to the rural palace are vulnerable targets when a dissident duke tries to pressure Louis to return the royal court to Paris, while a rich African prince suffers a curiously restrained reception.

Nov 23, 2015
Episode 4
Season 1Episode 460 min

Episode 4

Seductive young ladies vie to attract the king's eye at court, where behind the scenes there is bloody business being conducted and investigated. Philippe's new-found fame as a warrior threatens to eclipse Louis as the war reaches a turning point.

Nov 23, 2015
Episode 5
Season 1Episode 560 min

Episode 5

Philippe returns from war a changed man, and Louis prepares for a lavish celebration in the palace gardens. The still-base appetites of dissident duke Cassel must be pandered to by Madame de Montespan.

Nov 30, 2015
Episode 6
Season 1Episode 660 min

Episode 6

A protest halts construction at the palace but Louis refuses to let Philippe help and matters escalate, allowing plotters to pose a genuine threat to the young king's rule.

Things get physical as infidelity and treason take their toll in the decadent drama.

Nov 30, 2015
Episode 7
Season 1Episode 760 min

Episode 7

With Louis laid low by a major fever, those conspiring against him grow in strength and confidence while Philippe is caught in the middle, as are medic Masson and his daughter Claudine.

Dec 7, 2015
Episode 8
Season 1Episode 860 min

Episode 8

Henriette suffers a miscarriage, but Louis wants her to visit her brother in England for an alliance against the Dutch. The Chevalier, destined for the gallows, is freed. Montcourt foils an assassination just to be reinstated.

Dec 7, 2015
Episode 9
Season 1Episode 960 min

Episode 9

Louis gives Philippe a tedious task that the Chevalier helps him with. Rohan makes his true intentions known. Fabian arrests and punishes Béatrice. Henriette succeeds in the diplomacy in England.

Dec 14, 2015
Episode 10
Season 1Episode 1060 min

Episode 10

The traitor changes tactics, striking at those closest to Louis, with deadly consequences, while Sophie stubbornly risks angering Marchal.

A brutally bloody finale to the first season of the bold historical drama.

Dec 14, 2015

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