Reign of Louis XIV

By Apl2003
  • 1559

    King Henry II died

    He had four sons who ruled one after the other and the real power behind the kids ruling was there mother, Catherine de Medicis.
  • 1562

    Huguenots and Catholics

    Huguenots and Catholics fought eight religious wars. It took place between 1562 and 1598.
  • 1572

    St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in Paris

    It was a six-week nationwide slaughter of Huguenots. The Huguenots were attending a wedding that was a marriage of Catherine’s daughter to a Huguenot prince, Henry of Navarre.

  • Catherine and her last son died

    So Pring Henry inherited the throne and he became King Henry IV, the first king of the Bourbon dynasty in France

  • Edict of Nantes

    King Henry instored the Edict of Nantes.

  • King Henry IV died

    He was stabbed to death by a fanatic who jumped on his royal carriage.

  • King Louis XIII

    He was Henry's son and he was a weak king who ruled France.

  • Cardinal Richelieu

    He was an effective ruler of France and he helped and did bad things for France just like any other ruler. He also involved France in the Thirty Years' War.

  • King Louis XIV

    He was Louis XIII son, he became a true ruler of France.

  • Thirty Years' War ended

    Cardinal Mazarin which was a successor of France, and he ended the Thirty Years' War.

  • Riots

    There was violent anti-Mazarin riots that tore France apart in 1648-1653

  • France

    France was the most powerful country in Europe, with about 20 million people.

  • Cardinal Mazarin died

    He died, so Louis took control and he weakened the power if th nobles by excluding them from his council

  • Invasion in the Spanish Netherlands

    Louis invaded the Spanish Netherlands hoping to expand France's boundaries and he gained 12 towns

  • Dutch Netherlands

    He led his army into the Dutch Netherlands.

  • Treaty of Nijmegen

    Which was a treaty to stop the war between France and Spain. France gained more towns and a region called Franche-Comte.

  • Palace of Versialles

    It was a palace that Louis XIV made to prove his absolute power.

  • Ending of Edict of Nantes

    Louis cancelled the Edict of Nantes and it he announced a policy that slowed France's economic progress.

  • King Charles II of Spain died

    The throne was given to Louis XIV's grandson, Philip of Anjou.

  • Treaty of Utrecht

    Which was a treaty that was signed the year of the costly war,

  • King Louis XIV died

    He knew that France had suffered from his wars.

  • Absolute Rulers

    They didn't die after King Louis XIV died, the absolute monarchs still kept on going and experimenting with new ways f there our absolute monarchy and other things they could do.