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Born to King Louis XIII, nicknamed "gift of god"
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4-Year-Old Louis inherited the Crown of France
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22-year-old Louis married his first wife and first cousin Marie Theresa
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Louis was Louis XIV only surviving kid, he survived 52 years, he died 4 years before his father
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The treaty of April 1662 made it mandatory for the French to help the Dutch in avoidance of conflict
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when Mazarin died King Louis proclaimed himself a direct Representative of god and gave himself the name "sun king"
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Louis transformed his regular hunting lodge into the building we all know, The Palace of Versailles
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moved his devoted nobles and government from Paris to Versailles to look more prosperous and economically sound
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Married Marquise de Maintenon privately approximately 1 year after the death of his late wife Marie
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After the Edict of Nantes was revoked it caused a uproar in the French protestant communities, their rights were being taken and they didn't like that. Even know it was super illegal to flee France they did it anyway because of the harsh living conditions of non Catholics
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Revoked almost all privileges given to the French protestants
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From 1661 to 1697 Spain could defend against all of Frances plots to attack but that changed in 1697 due to changes in the Spanish government and them forming new alliances.
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died of gangrene
