Shades of Louis XIV and Napoleon I lamenting the fading of France's glory, 1870. Artist: John Tenniel

Shades of Louis XIV and Napoleon I lamenting the fading of France's glory, 1870. Artist: John Tenniel

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Shades of Louis XIV and Napoleon I lamenting the fading of France's glory, 1870. On 5 October 1870 Wilhelm I (1797-1888), King of Prussia (foreground), made Versailles his headquarters, and on 18 January 1871, after the defeat of the French in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, he was declared Emperor of Germany in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Cartoon from Punch. (London, 15 October 1870).

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