King Louis XIV

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    His brother

    His little brother Prince Philip was born two years after him.
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    France

    France at this time was unstable
  • Father`s death

    His father died and Louis was given the throne at the age of four.
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    Civil war

    Mazarin did a police that consolidated the monarchy’s power and limit the Hapsburg power. Thanks to that nobles and members of the legal aristocracy started a civil war and would threaten Louis' life. This made him hate nobles.
  • Marriage

    22 year old Louis got married to his cousin Marie-Thérèse daughter of King Philip IV of Spain.
  • His first son

    His first son was Louis XV
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    War

    Didn`t like foreign policies. What he did was invade the Spanish Netherlands. He claimed them for his wife.
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    War

    went to war due to how the last war finish. He didn`t like how it ended. So he went to war again. This war was called Franco-Dutch.
  • Death

    His first wife, Marie Thérèse died
  • Marriage

    Married Marquise de Maintenon a year after his wife died
  • No more religious freedom

    He put an end to the Edict of Nantes because he was christian.
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    War again

    His son Philip V was to be the king of Spain because he was the grandson of the king of Spain and his mother was his daughter Many countries in Europe were against this. So they all went to war. In the end his son Philip became king.
  • Death

    His first son Louis XV died.