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2. www.britannica.com › Louis-XIV-king-of-FranceLouis XIV | Facts, Biography, Children, & Death | Britannica

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   May 20, 2024 · Louis XIV, king of France (1643–1715), ruled his country, principally from his great palace at Versailles, during one of the country’s most brilliant periods. Today he remains the symbol of absolute monarchy of the classical age.

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   Louis XIV's journeys to southern and south-western of France. 1659. Peace of the Pyrenees between France and Spain: France has Roussillon and Cerdagne (ceded in 1493) returned and gains land in the Spanish Netherlands.

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   May 19, 2024 · The Bourbon kings of France included the absolute apogee of a European monarch, the Sun King Louis XIV, and just two people later, the king who would be beheaded by a revolution, Louis XVI.

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Louis_XIVLouis XIV - Wikipedia

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   Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign.

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   Louis XIV and his Major Events. By skim15. Sep 5, 1643. Louis become King of France. Louis XIV became king at the age of four. His reign was the longest that ever lasted of any European Monarch. He began ruling after the death of Cardinal Mazarin, his chief minister.

8. www.thoughtco.com › king-louis-xiv-4766628Biography of King Louis XIV, France’s Sun King - ThoughtCo

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   Aug 27, 2019 · Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King, was the longest-reigning monarch in European history, ruling France for 72 years and 110 days. He was responsible for moving the center of French government to the Palace of Versailles in 1682.

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   How long did Louis XIV rule France?

   • Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King, was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country in history. Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661, after the death of his chief minister, the Cardinal Mazarin.

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   Why did Louis XIV become a king?

   • He was raised from birth to believe that he was a gift from God, and it was his divine right to rule France as an absolute monarch. Even in his early years, Louis was charismatic, and he had an aptitude for languages and the arts. Louis’ father died when he was only four, making him Louis XIV, king of France.

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   Who was Louis XIV?

   • Questions and answers about the French king Louis XIV. The war begun in 1635 between France and Spain was then entering its last phase. The outcome of the war would transfer European hegemony from the Habsburgs to the Bourbons. A French king had to be a soldier, and so Louis served his apprenticeship on the battlefield.

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   Was Louis XIV a great era?

   • Voltaire's history, The Age of Louis XIV, named Louis' reign as not only one of the four great ages in which reason and culture flourished, but the greatest ever. Numerous quotes have been attributed to Louis XIV by legend.

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    Feb 6, 2023 · Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King, was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country in history.