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Jun 12, 2024 · Louis XIV, the son of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria, was born in 1638, during a period of great wealth for the French monarchy. Follow us and access great exclusive content every day Getty Images
The famous memorialist the Duke of Saint-Simon wrote of Louis XIV: “With an almanach and a watch, one could, from 300 leagues away, say with accuracy what he was doing”. The king’s day was timed to the minute to allow the officers in his service to plan their own work accordingly. From morning to evening his day ran like clockwork, to a schedule that was just as strictly ordered as life in the Court.
As a result of the marriage between Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Austria, Louis XIV also acquired rights over the Low Countries. When Louis's personal government began (1661), France was the arbiter of Europe : she had re-established peace among the Powers of the North (Sweden, Brandenburg , Denmark , and Poland ); she protected the League of the Rhine; and her authority in Germany was greater than the emperor's.
Born in 1638, Louis XIV succeeded his father, Louis XIII, as king at the age of five. He ruled for 72 years, until his death in 1715, making his reign the longest of any European monarch. By the time he died, he outlived his son and his grandson, leaving the throne to his young great-grandson Louis XV. Louis XIV’s reign was important in ...
Jun 25, 2024 · Louis XIV - Arts Patronage: Louis’s great fortune was in having among his subjects an extraordinary group of men in every area of activity. He knew well how to make use of them. He was the protector of writers, notably Molière and Jean Racine, whom he ordered to sing his praises, and he imposed his own visions of beauty and nature on artists. France’s appearance and way of life were changed; the great towns underwent a metamorphosis, the landscape was altered, and monuments arose ...
Louis XIV was born on 5 September 1638 and became King on May 14 1643 at the age of four years and eight months on the death of his father Louis XIII. He attended the Conseil d'en haut from 1649 when he was eleven years old. He announced his coming of age, in accordance with a fundamental law of the kingdom, in September 1651 when he entered upon his fourteenth year. But he did not begin to rule personally until he was twenty-two, on 10 March 1661. This was the day after the death of his ...
Louis XIV was so powerful he took his name from the sun itself. So dominant he made the haughtiest aristocrats bend to his will. He was so insatiable that no...
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