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Louis the 14th was born to King Louis the 13th and Queen Anne of Austria.
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King Louis the 13th dies, and 4 year old Louis XIV inherits the crown from his father and his mother serves as his sole regent.
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In 1648, the Civil War Erupts in France known as the Fronde, and it forced the royal family out of Paris. This event instilled a lifelong fear of rebellion.
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Mazarin suppresses the revolt and by the decade's end had restored internal order and negotiated a peace treaty with Hapsburg, Spain, making France a leading European nation.
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XIV launched this war (1667-1668) Invaded the Spanish Netherlands, only to return it to the Spanish from pressure by the English, Swedish, and Dutch people.
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Based on the unsatisfactory outcome of the War of Devolution, XIV launched the Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678) and gained much land in Flanders as well as in the Franche-Compté.
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4 days before his 77th birthday, Louis XIV died of gangrene at Versailles. His reign lasted 72 years, longer than any known monarch in Europe.
