The king is dead. Long live the king. French people, as part of tradition, treated the heir to the throne with these words. When the words sounded in honor of Louis XIV, he was hardly 5 year... Read allThe king is dead. Long live the king. French people, as part of tradition, treated the heir to the throne with these words. When the words sounded in honor of Louis XIV, he was hardly 5 years old.The king is dead. Long live the king. French people, as part of tradition, treated the heir to the throne with these words. When the words sounded in honor of Louis XIV, he was hardly 5 years old.