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Philippe duc d'Orléans was two years younger than Louis.
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His father died when he was four years old, and he became king once his father had died.
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During Fronde, the civil war, Louis dealt with poverty, misfortune, fear, humiliation, cold, and hunger, but his ruler won the war in 1653.
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Louis had to go to Paris for Frondes, the French Wars of Religion.
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France gets involved in a war with the Dutch and English, lasting until 1654.
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In 1660, he married Marie-Thérèse of Austria, the daughter of the king of Spain.
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Louis established new industries and manufactures
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Mazarin ruled France when Louis was too young, and Louis took over once Mazarin died.
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His first wife died a year after they got married, so he remarried to Madame de Maintenon in secret.
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He increased the amount of people in the army from 30,000 to 400,00 in thirty years.
