On the first day of September, in the year 1715, a high court official appeared on a balcony of the Palace of Versailles, holding his staff of office. In a loud voice he cried to ) the people: "The King is dead." Then he broke his staff, threw the pieces away, took another from a waiting attendant, cried: "Long Live the King!" In this way was the death of Louis XIV and the succession of Louis XV made known.
Since the celebrated phrase was born, it has been used to illustrate the truth...
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