Charles Emmanuel de Bourbon-Parme, a descendent of King Louis XIV who sued to get the controversial Jeff Koons show at Versailles closed down, lost his case, Agence France-Presse reports via Artforum.

De Bourbon-Parme argued in the administrative court of the district of Versailles last week that the Koons exhibition was a profanation of the life of his royal forefather and that it undermined basic human freedoms, most notably the respect due to the dead. A judge rejected the complaint, saying, "The existence of a right to live without the profanation of one’s ancestors and of a right to access knowledge of heritage without pornographic constraints does not constitute a fundamental freedom."

De Bourbon-Parme announced that he would keep fighting and take his case to the Conseil d'Etat (the Council of State), the highest administrative jurisdiction in France; however, the Koons show has already closed, as scheduled on January 4.