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At age 5 Louis XIV became the king of France after his father Louis XIII died. The true ruler at this time was Cardinal Mazarin.
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Cardinal Mazarin ended the Thirty Years’ War.
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Violent anti- Mazarin riots tore France apart. Louis XIV’s life was being threatened by many of the nobles.
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Cardinal Mazarin dies, at age 22 Louis XIV takes full control of France.
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Louis XIV invades the Spanish Netherlands in an effort to expand Frances bounders.
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Louis XIV leads and army into the Dutch Netherlands.
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The war ends with the Treaty of Nijmegen.
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A European Wide alliance was formed to stop Frances expansion.
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Charles II the childless king of Spain died and promised the throng to Louis XIV’s 16 year old grandson. This allied the two world superpowers by blood.
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War of the Spanish Succession ended. The Treaty of Utrecht was signed. This treated prevented the unity of Spain and France.
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Louis XIV died in his bed.
