Louis Dieudonné

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Louis Dieudonné, better known as Louis XIV, was the long-reigning 17th–18th century King of France whose absolutist rule and patronage of the arts epitomized the era of the “Sun King.”

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic
French head of state
King of France
King of Navarre
human
monarch
alsoKnownAs Louis XIV of France
surface form: Louis XIV

Louis the Great
Louis XIV of France
surface form: the Sun King
birthDate 1638-09-05
birthPlace Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
surface form: Château de Saint‑Germain‑en‑Laye

Kingdom of France
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
surface form: Saint‑Germain‑en‑Laye
burialPlace Basilica of Saint-Denis
surface form: Basilica of Saint‑Denis
child Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse
Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Duke of Maine
surface form: Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine

Louis de Bourbon, Count of Vermandois
surface form: Louis, Count of Vermandois

Louis, Duke of Burgundy
Louis, Grand Dauphin
Marie Anne de Bourbon
Philip V of Spain
coronationDate 1654-06-07
coronationPlace Reims Cathedral
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1715-09-01
deathPlace Kingdom of France
Versailles
surface form: Palace of Versailles

Versailles
dynasty House of Bourbon
surface form: Bourbon dynasty
employer Cardinal Mazarin
Cardinal Richelieu
Charles Le Brun
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
surface form: Jean‑Baptiste Colbert

Jean-Baptiste Lully
surface form: Jean‑Baptiste Lully

Jules Hardouin-Mansart
surface form: Jules Hardouin‑Mansart

Louvois
Molière
Nicolas Fouquet
Racine
Vauban
era Ancien Régime
Baroque era
father King Louis XIII
surface form: Louis XIII of France
gender male
implementedPolicy revocation of the Edict of Nantes
knownFor centralization of royal power in France
development of French absolutism
longest recorded reign of any major European monarch
symbolism of the Sun King
languageSpoken French
mother Queen Anne of Austria
surface form: Anne of Austria
name Louis Dieudonné self-link
notableEvent Franco-Dutch War
surface form: Franco‑Dutch War

Fronde
surface form: Fronde civil wars

Nine Years' War
surface form: Nine Years’ War

War of Devolution
War of the Reunions
War of the Spanish Succession
notableWork construction and expansion of the Palace of Versailles
patronOf Académie française
Académie royale de musique
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
architecture
arts
music
theatre
politicalIdeology absolutism
predecessor King Louis XIII
surface form: Louis XIII of France
reignEnd 1715-09-01
reignStart 1643-05-14
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Louvre Palace
Versailles
surface form: Palace of Versailles
royalHouse House of Bourbon
sibling Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
signed Edict of Fontainebleau
spouse Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
Maria Theresa of Spain
successor Louis XV of France
title Co-Prince of Andorra
surface form: Co‑Prince of Andorra

Kings of France
surface form: King of France

King of Navarre

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Louis XIV of France fullName Louis Dieudonné
Louis Dieudonné name Louis Dieudonné self-link