King Louis XIV of France (by his daughter’s morganatic marriage)

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King Louis XIV of France was the long-reigning 17th–18th century French monarch known as the “Sun King,” who centralized royal power and made France a dominant European state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf House of Bourbon member
King of France
human
monarch
ageAtAccession 4
alsoKnownAs Louis XIV
linked to: Louis XIV of France

the Sun King
linked to: Louis XIV of France
century 17th century
18th century
chiefMinister Cardinal Mazarin
child Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Count of Toulouse
Louis, Dauphin of France (Le Grand Dauphin)
Louis, Grand Dauphin
Louis, le Grand Dauphin
Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Duke of Maine
Marie Anne de Bourbon
countryRuled Kingdom of France
courtResidence Palace of Versailles
dateOfBirth 1638-09-05
dateOfDeath 1715-09-01
dynasty House of Bourbon
era Ancien Régime
father Louis XIII of France
linked to: King Louis XIII
fullName Louis Dieudonné
issued Edict of Fontainebleau
knownFor centralizing royal power in France
establishing absolute monarchy in France
longest recorded reign of any major European monarch
making France a leading European power
language French
monarchicalTitle King of France and Navarre
mother Anne of Austria
movedCourtTo Versailles
nickname Sun King
linked to: Louis XIV of France
patronOf architecture
arts
classical French literature
placeOfBirth Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
placeOfDeath Palace of Versailles
Versailles, France
linked to: Versailles
policy absolutism
centralization of state power
predecessor Louis XIII of France
linked to: King Louis XIII
regent Anne of Austria
reignEnd 1715-09-01
reignStart 1643-05-14
religion Roman Catholicism
revoked Edict of Nantes
spouse Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
Maria Theresa of Spain
successor Louis XV of France
warInvolved Franco-Dutch War
War of the League of Augsburg
War of the Spanish Succession

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Constant d’Aubigné notableRelative King Louis XIV of France (by his daughter’s morganatic marriage)
Prince of Dombes associatedWithRuler Louis XIV of France (through his legitimized son, duc du Maine)
linked to: King Louis XIV of France (by his daughter’s morganatic marriage)