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Apr 29, 2024 · Louis XIV (born September 5, 1638, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France—died September 1, 1715, Versailles, France) was the king of France (1643–1715) who ruled his country, principally from his great palace at Versailles, during one of its most brilliant periods and who remains the symbol of absolute monarchy of the classical age.
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3 days ago · 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. [1] [a] Although Louis XIV's France was emblematic of the Age ...
- 14 May 1643 – 1 September 1715
- Anne of Austria
4 days ago · Louis Joseph 1781–1789 Dauphin of France: Louis XVII 1785–1795 King of France (Claimant) Marie Thérèse 1778–1851: Louis Antoine 1775–1844 Duke of Angoulême, Dauphin of France: Charles Ferdinand 1778–1820 Duke of Berry: Marie Caroline of the Two Sicilies 1798–1870: Sophie of Artois 1776–1783: Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily ...
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3 days ago · Catholicism. Signature. Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé ), [1] was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defined as his 13th birthday) in 1723, the kingdom was ...
- 1 September 1715 – 10 May 1774
- Marie Adélaïde of Savoy
May 10, 2024 · son Louis XIII. (Show more) Henry IV (born Dec. 13, 1553, Pau, Béarn, Navarre [France]—died May 14, 1610, Paris, France) was the king of Navarre (as Henry III, 1572–89) and the first Bourbon king of France (1589–1610), who, at the end of the Wars of Religion, abjured Protestantism and converted to Roman Catholicism (1593) in order to win ...
May 9, 2024 · ISBN: 086698545X. Translated from the French. Letters of the Cardinal Duke du Richelieu Great Minister of State to Lewis XIII of France. Call Number: Online - free - EEB Text Creation Partnership. Letters of William III. and Louis XIV. and their Ministers by William III, King of England and Louis XIV, King of France.
May 4, 2024 · This book is an English translation by Mark Greengrass of a work first published in French in 1991 and is the companion volume to the author's earlier The Royal French State 1460-1610 (original French edn. 1987). Together the two books comprise the second and third volumes of Blackwell's five volume History of France which covers the period 987 ...
