Louis XIV of France

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King of France human monarch

Louis XIV of France was the long-reigning “Sun King” who centralized absolute monarchy, expanded French influence in Europe, and made his court at Versailles a model of royal splendor.

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Observed surface forms (6)

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Louis XIV 43
King Louis XIV 3
King Louis XIV of France 3

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of France ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
birthDate 1638-09-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye ⓘ
France ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of France

Saint-Germain-en-Laye ⓘ
burialPlace Basilica of Saint-Denis ⓘ
Basilica of Saint-Denis ⓘ
surface form: Saint-Denis

Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form: Île-de-France
child Françoise Marie de Bourbon ⓘ
Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse ⓘ
Louis de Bourbon, Count of Vermandois ⓘ
Louis, Grand Dauphin ⓘ
Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Duke of Maine ⓘ
Marie Thérèse of France ⓘ
Philippe, Duke of Anjou ⓘ
conflict Franco-Dutch War ⓘ
Nine Years' War ⓘ
surface form: War of the League of Augsburg

War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
coronationDate 1654-06-07 ⓘ
coronationPlace Reims ⓘ
Reims Cathedral ⓘ
country France ⓘ
deathDate 1715-09-01 ⓘ
deathPlace France ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of France

Versailles ⓘ
surface form: Palace of Versailles

Versailles ⓘ
era Ancien Régime ⓘ
surface form: Ancien Régime France
event Fronde ⓘ
father King Louis XIII ⓘ
surface form: Louis XIII of France
founded Académie royale de danse ⓘ
Académie royale de musique ⓘ
Académie royale d’architecture ⓘ
fullName Louis Dieudonné ⓘ
house House of Bourbon ⓘ
implemented revocation of the Edict of Nantes by the Edict of Fontainebleau ⓘ
influenced European court etiquette and ceremony ⓘ
development of French classical culture ⓘ
knownFor centralization of absolute monarchy in France ⓘ
construction and expansion of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
military expansion of French influence in Europe ⓘ
patronage of arts and culture ⓘ
revocation of the Edict of Nantes ⓘ
monarchOf France ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of France
mother Queen Anne of Austria ⓘ
surface form: Anne of Austria
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
nickname Louis XIV of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sun King
nobleFamily House of Bourbon ⓘ
surface form: Bourbon dynasty
notableWork Code Louis (legal ordinances associated with his reign) ⓘ
partner Louise de La Vallière ⓘ
Madame de Montespan ⓘ
patronOf André Le Nôtre ⓘ
Charles Le Brun ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Lully ⓘ
Molière ⓘ
predecessor King Louis XIII ⓘ
surface form: Louis XIII of France
regent Queen Anne of Austria ⓘ
surface form: Anne of Austria

Cardinal Mazarin ⓘ
reignEnd 1715-09-01 ⓘ
reignStart 1643-05-14 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Louvre Museum ⓘ
surface form: Louvre Palace

Versailles ⓘ
surface form: Palace of Versailles
spouse Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon ⓘ
Maria Theresa of Spain ⓘ
styleOfGovernment absolute monarchy ⓘ
successor Louis XV of France ⓘ

Referenced by (196)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Williamite War in Ireland → FrenchSupport → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Treaty of Vienna (1689) → aimedAgainst → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Triple Alliance (1668) → aimedToCheck → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Anne Hilarion de Tourville → allegiance → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Marshal Boufflers → allegiance → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster → allyOf → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Bernhard von Galen
this entity surface form: King Louis XIV of France
Louis Dieudonné → alsoKnownAs → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Louis Dieudonné → alsoKnownAs → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Sun King
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban → appointedBy → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Battle of Beachy Head (1690) → associatedMonarch → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Duke of Luxembourg → associatedMonarch → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Louise de La Vallière → associatedWith → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Man in the Iron Mask → associatedWith → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Siege of Douai (1667) → associatedWith → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Gallicanism → associatedWithPerson → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
siege of Maastricht (1673) → attackerCommander → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Saint-Germain-en-Laye → birthplaceOf → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Fort Saint-Jean → builtBy → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Louis XIV of France
Fort Saint-Nicolas → builtBy → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Grand Trianon → builtFor → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Douai → capturedBy → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
French Crown → centralizedPowerUnder → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Académie royale de musique → charterGrantedBy → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Queen Anne of Austria → child → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Anne of Austria
King Louis XIII → child → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis XIII of France
Louise de La Vallière → childWith → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
subject surface form: François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi
French invasion of the Rhineland → commander → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Siege of Namur (1692) → commander → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Siege of Tournai (1667) → commander → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession → commander → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
siege of Maastricht (1673) → commander → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Charles de La Fosse → commissionedBy → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Fort Saint-Nicolas → commissionedBy → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Grand Trianon → commissionedBy → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Hôtel des Invalides → commissionedBy → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Les Invalides, Paris → commissionedBy → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Les Invalides
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Royal Chapel of Versailles → commissionedBy → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Franco-Dutch War → conflictOf → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: reign of Louis XIV
Horologium Oscillatorium → dedicatedTo → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Hyacinthe Rigaud → depicted → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Versailles → developedBy → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
subject surface form: Code Louis
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
André Le Nôtre → employer → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Le Nôtre → employer → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
subject surface form: André Le Nôtre
Antoine Coysevox → employer → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Charles Le Brun → employer → Louis XIV of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Claude Louis Hector de Villars