Louis XIV of France

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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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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

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French East India Company grantedBy Louis XIV of France
French East India Company patron Louis XIV of France
Gallicanism associatedWithPerson Louis XIV of France
Françoise Marie de Bourbon father Louis XIV of France
Françoise Marie de Bourbon legitimizedBy Louis XIV of France
Françoise Marie de Bourbon marriageArrangedBy Louis XIV of France
siege of Maastricht (1673) commander Louis XIV of France
siege of Maastricht (1673) attackerCommander Louis XIV of France
War of the Reunions foughtBy Louis XIV of France
War of the Reunions foughtUnderRuler Louis XIV of France
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Maria Luisa of Savoy relative Louis XIV of France
Louisiana namedAfter Louis XIV of France
Tuileries Palace notableResident Louis XIV of France
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Olympia Mancini relative Louis XIV of France
Marshal Claude Louis Hector de Villars employer Louis XIV of France
subject surface form: Claude Louis Hector de Villars
Marshal Claude Louis Hector de Villars servedUnder Louis XIV of France
subject surface form: Claude Louis Hector de Villars
William II of Scotland opponent Louis XIV of France
Philip grandfather Louis XIV of France
subject surface form: Philip V of Spain
James Francis Edward Stuart supportedBy Louis XIV of France
Grand Trianon commissionedBy Louis XIV of France
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Grand Trianon builtFor Louis XIV of France
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Royal Chapel of Versailles commissionedBy Louis XIV of France
Royal Chapel of Versailles patron Louis XIV of France
French invasion of the Rhineland commander Louis XIV of France
Battle of Beachy Head (1690) associatedMonarch Louis XIV of France
Marshal Catinat monarchServed Louis XIV of France
Marshal Catinat servedUnder Louis XIV of France
Anne Hilarion de Tourville allegiance Louis XIV of France
Anne Hilarion de Tourville servedUnder Louis XIV of France
Siege of Namur (1692) commander Louis XIV of France
Siege of Namur (1692) monarchOfAttackingSide Louis XIV of France
Battle of Steinkirk (1692) side Louis XIV of France
Battle of La Hogue (1692) hasOpponentRuler Louis XIV of France
Marshal Boufflers allegiance Louis XIV of France
Battle of Marsaglia (1693) monarchOfFrenchSide Louis XIV of France
Duke of Luxembourg titleHolderUnder Louis XIV of France
Duke of Luxembourg associatedMonarch Louis XIV of France
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban employer Louis XIV of France
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban appointedBy Louis XIV of France
Treaty of the Pyrenees signatoryRuler Louis XIV of France
Hôtel des Invalides commissionedBy Louis XIV of France
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Capetian dynasty hasNotableMember Louis XIV of France
Paris Opera Ballet foundedBy Louis XIV of France
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Saint-Germain-en-Laye birthplaceOf Louis XIV of France
Saint-Germain-en-Laye hasNotablePerson Louis XIV of France