Louis, Grand Dauphin
Biography
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Bossuet overwhelmed his backward pupil with such splendid lessons that the Dauphin developed a lasting horror of books, learning and history. By the age of eighteen, the ''Monseigneur'' had assimilated almost none of the knowledge amassed to so little purpose, and the apathy of his mind was second only to that of his senses.Erlanger, Philippe, ''Louis XIV'', translated from the French by Stephen Cox, Praeger Publishers, New York, 1970, p. 177. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 79-109471}} |
Bossuet overwhelmed his backward pupil with such splendid lessons that the Dauphin developed a lasting horror of books, learning and history. By the age of eighteen, the ''Monseigneur'' had assimilated almost none of the knowledge amassed to so little purpose, and the apathy of his mind was second only to that of his senses.Erlanger, Philippe, ''Louis XIV'', translated from the French by Stephen Cox, Praeger Publishers, New York, 1970, p. 177. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 79-109471}} |
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He was very indolent. As an adult, his favorite amusement was lying stretched in a sofa tapping the point of his shoes with a cane.{{cite book |last1=Pardoe |first1=Julia |title=Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth ..., Volumen2 |date=1855 |publisher=Harper & brothers |page=269 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JnUvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA269 |access-date=20 March 2024}} Nonetheless, his generosity, affability, and liberality gave him great popularity in Paris and with the French people in general. Louis was one of six legitimate children of his parents. The others all died in early childhood; the second longest-lived, [[Marie Thérèse |
He was very indolent. As an adult, his favorite amusement was lying stretched in a sofa tapping the point of his shoes with a cane.{{cite book |last1=Pardoe |first1=Julia |title=Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth ..., Volumen2 |date=1855 |publisher=Harper & brothers |page=269 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JnUvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA269 |access-date=20 March 2024}} Nonetheless, his generosity, affability, and liberality gave him great popularity in Paris and with the French people in general. Louis was one of six legitimate children of his parents. The others all died in early childhood; the second longest-lived, [[Marie Thérèse, Madame Royale|Marie Thérèse of France]], died at the age of five when Louis was 11. |
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According to John B. Wolf, Louis XIV had a low opinion of his son, writing: |
According to John B. Wolf, Louis XIV had a low opinion of his son, writing: |
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