Peg solitaire
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Peg solitaire, solo noble, solo goli, marble solitaire or simply solitaire is a board game for one player involving movement of pegs on a board with holes. Some sets use marbles in a board with indent
The Princess of Soubise playing peg solitaire, 1697
English peg solitaire board
European peg solitaire board
Man playing triangular peg solitaire
Louis XIV
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Louis XIV was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. He is a symbol of the Age of Absolutism in Europe for styling himself as "The Sun King" and "Louis the Great", which portrayed hi
Peg solitaire
…and as peg solitaire in the US where 'solitaire' refers to the family of card games. The first evidence of the game can be traced back to the court of Louis XIV, and the specific date of 1697, with an engraving made ten years later by Claude Auguste Berey of Anne de Rohan-Chabot, Princess of Soubise, with the…
Portrait of Louis XIV, 1701
Louis XIV as a young child, by an unknown painter
Baptismal certificate, 1638
Louis XIV, then Dauphin of France, in 1642, one year before his accession to the throne, by Philippe de Champaigne