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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Château de Sceaux associatedWith Louis XIV of France
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Code Noir (involvement in drafting) promulgatedBy Louis XIV of France
subject surface form: Code Noir
Colbert family associatedMonarch Louis XIV of France
Pierre Beauchamp employer Louis XIV of France
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Pierre Beauchamp collaboratedWith Louis XIV of France
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Pierre Beauchamp taught Louis XIV of France
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Diane de Grandseigne notableRelative Louis XIV of France
this entity surface form: King Louis XIV of France
Madame de Thianges relative Louis XIV of France
Madame de Thianges associatedWith Louis XIV of France
Louis de France father Louis XIV of France
Louis de France heirOf Louis XIV of France
Louis de France predeceased Louis XIV of France
Noailles, Adrien Maurice de servedUnder Louis XIV of France
subject surface form: Adrien Maurice de Noailles
King of France and Navarre officeHolder Louis XIV of France
Sète foundedBy Louis XIV of France
Louis, Duke of Burgundy heirApparentOf Louis XIV of France
Louis, Duke of Burgundy grandfather Louis XIV of France
Louis Le Vau employer Louis XIV of France
Anne Marie d’Orléans relative Louis XIV of France
Charles de La Baume Le Blanc notableRelative Louis XIV of France
Marquis de Montespan associatedWith Louis XIV of France
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Philippe de La Baume Le Blanc notableRelative Louis XIV of France
Philippe de La Baume Le Blanc notableRelative Louis XIV of France
this entity surface form: King Louis XIV
French West India Company grantedBy Louis XIV of France
War of the League of Augsburg opponent Louis XIV of France
War of the League of Augsburg commander Louis XIV of France
this entity surface form: Louis XIV of France (as monarch and overall French authority)
Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans relative Louis XIV of France
Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans uncle Louis XIV of France
Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans grandfather Louis XIV of France
Louise Élisabeth d’Orléans grandfather Louis XIV of France
Charles, Duke of Berry grandfather Louis XIV of France
Charles, Duke of Berry monarchAtBirth Louis XIV of France
Charles, Duke of Berry monarchAtDeath Louis XIV of France
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1679) negotiatedDuringReignOf Louis XIV of France
this entity surface form: Louis XIV
Val-de-Grâce, Paris associatedWith Louis XIV of France
Treaty of Lund influencedBy Louis XIV of France
Louis, Duke of Anjou (died 1661) sibling Louis XIV of France
Reunions policy of Louis XIV appliedBy Louis XIV of France
Truce of Ratisbon signatory Louis XIV of France
French bombardment of Genoa orderedBy Louis XIV of France
French siege of Luxembourg commandedBy Louis XIV of France