XEE4187356: Louis XIV, known as the Sun King (King Soleil or Louis the Great, 1638-1715), attended the first performance of the theatre piece “Esther” by Jean Racine (1639-1699) by the ladies of Saint-Cyr (Saint Cyr) on 26 January 1689. Chromotypography in “” Le Roy Soleil”” (Louis XIV) by Gustave Toutwelve, Illustration by Maurice Leloir (1853-1940), 1904. Privee Collection., Leloir, Maurice (1853-1940) / Bridgeman Images