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born
he was born in 1638 by Queen Anne of Austria -
Began rule
Louis was 4 when he began his rule because his father died. He was tutored by his godfather Chief Minister Cardinal Jules Mazarin and governor Nicolas de Neufville was appointed to watch him. -
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Fronde Civil War
Parlement of Paris rebelled against chief minister Mazarin to try an overthrow the crown and started a civil war. -
Married
He married Marie Mancini, Mazarin's niece. The marriage ensured ratification of the peace treaty that Mazarin had sought to establish with Hapsburg Spain. -
full control of France
When Mazarin died Louis was in his 20 and he took control of the French government and started reforming France in his own ways. -
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Franco-Dutch War
France managed to acquire more land in Flanders and the Franche-Compté because he wasn't pleased with the outcome of the war of devolution which he had invaded the Spanish Netherlands because h thought it was his wives rightful inheritance. -
revoked Edict of Nantes
Louis hated Protestants and wanted them to leave France and find religious freedom from somewhere else. -
The 9 Year war
Spain, England, and the Holy Roman Empire banded together (grand alliance) to go against France in a war that was about 9 years long. -
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War of the Spanish Succession
He wanted to defend the right of his grandson, Philip V, to inherit the Spanish Empire but it led to debt and famine for France. -
Death
He died at the Palace of Versailles and the throne was inherited to his grandson Louis XV
