He recommended to him the practice of justice and christian forgiveness; he himself declaring that he heartily forgave the prince of Orange, the emperor, and all his enemies.

He died with great marks of devotion, and was interred, at his own request, in the church of the English Benedictines in Paris without any funeral solemnity.
LOUIS OWNS THE PRETENDED PRINCE OF WALES AS KING OF ENGLAND.
Before his death he was visited by the French king, who seemed touched with his condition, and declared that, in case of his death, he would own his son as king of England.

This promise James' queen had already extorted from him by the interest of madame de Main-tenon and the dauphin.

Accordingly, when James died, the pretended prince of Wales was proclaimed king of England at St.Germain's, and treated as such at the court of Versailles.

His title was likewise recognised by the king of Spain, the duke of Savoy, and the pope.