Louis XIV
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Other names: The Sun King
Job / Known for: King of France and Navarre
Left traces: The Palace of Versailles, the Code Louis
Born
Date: 1638-09-05
Location: FR Château_ Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Died
Date: 1715-09-01 (aged 77)
Resting place: FR
Death Cause: Gangrene
Family
Spouse: Maria Theresa of Spain (1660-1683), Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1683-1715)
Children: Louis, Grand Dauphin; Marie Thérèse, Madame Royale; Philippe Charles, Duke of Anjou; and many illegitimate children. See [here](^2^) for more details.
Parent(s): Louis XIII and Anne of Austria
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Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful
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Louis XIV was born on 5 September 1638 at St Germain-en-Laye. He became king at the age of four on the death of his father, Louis XIII. His mother, Anne of Austria, and his chief minister, Cardinal Mazarin, ruled on his behalf until he came of age in 1661. He declared that he would rule as an absolute monarch, with the famous phrase "L'état, c'est moi" ("I am the state"). He consolidated his power by building a magnificent palace at Versailles, where he moved his court and government in 1682. He patronized the arts and culture, and employed famous artists such as Molière, Racine, Lully, Le Brun, and Le Nôtre. He also reformed the legal system with the Code Louis, which unified the laws of France and served as a model for other countries. He also expanded France's territory through a series of wars, such as the War of Devolution, the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the League of Augsburg, and the War of the Spanish Succession. He secured the Spanish throne for his grandson Philip V in 1714. However, his wars also drained France's resources and provoked resentment from other European powers. He also faced domestic opposition from the Huguenots (French Protestants), whom he persecuted and deprived of their rights with the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. He died on 1 September 1715, after a reign of 72 years, the longest in European history. He was succeeded by his great-grandson Louis XV.
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