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2 days ago · As the greatest nobleman in France, he had no doubt that he must retain the prestige and privileges of the nobility; but he knew equally well that the nobility should not become a caste closed to ambitious and able men. He thus maintained the tradition of royal patronage, which helped to defuse social conflict. France - Absolutism, Louis XIV ...
3 days ago · 24 June 1695 From the Letters of Madame de Sévigné. Versailles Century. Jun 24, 2024
5 days ago · French Catholics welcomed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, but the decision angered Protestant Europe at a time when Louis’s European designs were beginning to meet serious resistance. The revocation deprived France of a number of gifted craftsmen, sailors, and soldiers.
2 days ago · Louis XIV inherited the throne in 1643 and acted increasingly aggressively to force the Huguenots to convert. At first he sent missionaries, backed by a fund to financially reward converts to Roman Catholicism. Then he imposed penalties, closed Huguenot schools and excluded them from favoured professions.
2 days ago · Françoise-Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, Duchess of La Vallière and Vaujours (6 August 1644 – 6 June 1710) was a French noblewoman and a mistress of King Louis XIV of France from 1661 to 1667. La Vallière joined the royal court in 1661 as maid-of-honour to Henrietta of England.
2 days ago · Louis XIV died on 1 September 1715, and was succeeded by his five-year-old great-grandson Louis XV; on his deathbed, he is alleged to have admitted, "I have loved war too well".
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