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Louis XIV

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  • Birth of the King Louis XIV

    Birth of the King Louis XIV

    Louis XIV was born on 5 September 1638 in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, to Louis XIII and Anne of Austria. He was named Louis Dieudonné (Louis the God-given) and bore the traditional title of French heirs apparent: Dauphin.
  • Death of Louis XIII

    Death of Louis XIII

    Death of Louis XIII
  • Parliament de Paris (Anne and Mazarin)

    Parliament de Paris (Anne and Mazarin)

    In 1648, Anne and Mazarin attempted to tax members of the Parliament de Paris.

  • Louis XIV takes part in war against Spain on northern

    Louis XIV takes part in war against Spain on northern, north-eastern and eastern frontiers of France.
  • Louis XIV crowned

    Louis XIV crowned

    In the age of absolutism in Europe, Louis XIV's France was a leader in the growing centralization of power. He had five years old.
  • Maria Theresa of Spain and Louis XIV

    Maria Theresa of Spain and Louis XIV

    Louis and his wife Maria Theresa of Spain had six children from the marriage contracted for them in 1660.

  • Personal rule

    Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661, after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin

  • Town of Versailles started.

    Town of Versailles started. Chapel begun, not completed till 1710.

  • Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

  • Louis XIV's death

    After 72 years on the throne, Louis died of gangrene at Versailles, on 1 September 1715, four days before his 77th birthday.