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17 hours ago · France as the pivot of warfare Louis XIV. Under Louis, France was the leading European power, and most wars pivoted around its aggressiveness. No European state exceeded it in population, and no one could match its wealth, central location, and very strong professional army. It had largely avoided the devastation of the Thirty Years' War.
- 14 May 1643 – 1 September 1715
- Anne of Austria
4 days ago · In 1686, Louis XIV of France (1638 – 1715) – The Sun King – developed a perianal abscess that after a series of failed treatment attempts, including with the use of a red-hot iron, developed into an anal fistula. The doctors were powerless, and after several months of cogitation the king underwent surgery that proved successful.
- Ellen Jørum
- 2016
4 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
6 days ago · The Nine Years' War [c], was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance. [d] Although largely concentrated in Europe, fighting spread to colonial possessions in the Americas, India, and West Africa. Related conflicts include the Williamite war in Ireland, and King William's War in North America.
- 27 September 1688 – 20 September 1697, (8 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
4 days ago · Gaston, duke d’Orléans (born April 25, 1608, Fontainebleau, Fr.—died Feb. 2, 1660, Blois) was a prince who readily lent his prestige to several unsuccessful conspiracies and revolts against the ministerial governments during the reign of his brother, King Louis XIII (ruled 1610–43), and the minority of his nephew, Louis XIV (ruled 1643–1715).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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4 days ago · Louis: The French Prince Who Invaded England. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2016, ISBN: 9780300217452; 296pp.; Price: £19.99. Louis VIII, king of France from 1223 to 1226, is not a monarch who has drawn significant attention from historians. His reign of just three years stands trapped between the nearly 43-year reign of his father ...
4 days ago · Metz, capitale de l'est du royaume français (1648-1789) Après la protection puis le contrôle total de Metz par la France de la mi-XVIème siècle à la
