After the Franco-Dutch War of 1672-78, Louis celebrates France’s victory over the Protestant Dutch and their allies by welcoming Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I of Hungary and his niece Eleanor to Versailles, but the defeated emperor’s own ambitions could have personal consequences for the French king. Madame de Montespan finds a way to hurt a former friend in the king’s prim companion Francois de Maintenon, while Philippe, the king’s brother, returns a war hero, accompanied by his brother-in-arms Guillaume, who is rewarded by the King for his bravery in battle.