From 1682 , when King Louis XIV moved from Paris , until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in 1789 , the Court of Versailles was the center of power in Ancien RÃ gime France . The court of Versailles was the center of political power in France from 1682 , when Louis XIV moved from Paris , until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of the French Revolution .