# data[].attributes.body
Louis XIV, the Sun King or Louis the Great, ruled France from 1643 until his passing in 1715. His confirmed 72-year and 110-day rule is the longest of any sovereign's history, and it presents the picture of an absolute monarchy and a powerful, centralized state.

# data[].attributes.body
Louis XIV was well-known for ruling France. He brought the French monarchy to its pinnacle of grandeur, honor, and authority. He gave his people really bad treatment. Louis XIV died at the age of 76. He built the Versailles Estate and The Place. Louis had at least 21 children from his one public marriage.

# data[].attributes.body
Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661. Louis was born in 1638 and then went on to have 17 children. Louis was most famous for being king of France. Louis later died in 1793

# data[].attributes.body
King Louis XIV was a king for 72 years in France. He started ruling early in his life. He considered himself a god-like figure on earth. He tried most of his career to strengthen his political power. He died at the age of 76.

(College of arts and sciences)

# data[].attributes.body
Louis XIV, also known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, reigned as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His 72-year-and-110-day reign is the longest of any sovereign. Despite the fact that Louis XIV's France was emblematic of Europe's Age of Absolutism, the King surrounded himself with a diverse range of significant political, military, and cultural figures.

# data[].attributes.body
Louis XIV ruled for 72 years. He had ceremonies. Called himself the Sun king because he believed that people revolve around him. He was born in 1638 and died on 1715.

(The videos that Ms. Delaney showed us)

# data[].attributes.body
King Louis XIV was called "le grand siecle" and he was a monarch in France. He was born in 1638 and he passed away at 72 years old.

# data[].attributes.body
Louis XIV was often referred to as ¨Le Grande Siècle¨ forever being associated with the image of an absolute monarch. Louis was born 1638 in saint-germain-en-laye. louis took the throne at the age of 4 after his father's death. Louis received education from his mother. Louis married his cousin and had 6 kids with her. After the passing of his wife, he married his daughter,

# data[].attributes.body
Known by many as the "Sun King," Louis XIV was a powerful leader who ruled France for more than 72 years, from 1643 until his passing in 1715. He is renowned for having a centralized government and leading an expensive lifestyle, which under his rule contributed to France's rise to importance in Europe.

# data[].attributes.body
Louis XIV born in 1638 king of france and was the ruler for 72 years until his death in 1715 he was a very historical figure.

# data[].attributes.body
Often referred to as "Le Grand Siècle"  Louis XIV's reign is forever linked to the idea of an absolute monarchy and a powerful, centralized state. The Sun King, who assumed the throne at a young age and was taught by Cardinal Mazarin, personified absolutism.

# data[].attributes.headline
King Louis super ugly dude that was born in 1638 he was the king of france and ruled it for like 72 years

# data[].attributes.subject
King Louis super ugly dude that was born in 1638 he was the king of france and ruled it for like 72 years

# data[].attributes.body
Louis XIV was famous for being the King of france. He raised the french monarchy to the zenith of glory, dignity and power. He treated treated his people very poorly. Louis XIV was 76 when he passed. He built the The Palace and Estate of Versailles. Louis was publicly married one time and had at least 21 children.

# data[].attributes.body
Louis XIV, who was born in 1638, became king at the age of five after his father, Louis XIII, passed away. His 72-year reign was the longest of any European monarch until his death in 1715.The final Bourbon king of France, Louis XVI, was put to death in 1793 for treason. He wed the Austrian archduchess Marie Antoinette in 1770. She was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa. Louis XVI brought the French Revolution tumbling down upon himself following a series of mishandled political actions.

# data[].attributes.body
King Louis XIV also known as The Great, was born in 1638 and died in 1715. He was the successor of his father Louis XIII. He had 17 children and Held his throne for 72 years.

# data[].attributes.body
-Born 1638 and died 1715

-Posions people. Has been in lots of scandels

-Lois XIV had 17 kids

# data[].attributes.body
Louis XIV oversaw the administrative and financial reorganisation. The image of an absolute monarch. He played in the dutch war.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Louis XIV (born September 5, 1638, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France-died September 1, 1715, Versailles, France) was the king of France (1643-1715) who ruled his country, principally from his great palace at Versailles, during one of its most brilliant periods and who remains the symbol of absolute monarchy of the classical age. Internationally, in a series of wars between 1667 and 1697, he extended France's eastern borders at the expense of the Habsburgs and then, in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14), engaged a hostile European coalition in order to secure the Spanish throne for his grandson.

Early life and marriage

Louis was the son of Louis XIII and his Spanish queen, Anne of Austria. He succeeded his father on May 14, 1643. At the age of four years and eight months, he was, according to the laws of the kingdom, not only the master but the owner of the bodies and property of 19 million subjects. Although he was saluted as "a visible divinity," he was, nonetheless, a neglected child given over to the care of servants. He once narrowly escaped drowning in a pond because no one was watching him. Anne of Austria, who was to blame for this negligence, inspired him with a lasting fear of "crimes committed against God."

Louis was nine years old when the nobles and the Paris Parlement (a powerful law court), driven by hatred of the prime minister Jules Cardinal Mazarin, rose against the crown in 1648. This marked the beginning of the long civil war known as the Fronde, in the course of which Louis suffered poverty, misfortune, fear, humiliation, cold, and hunger. These trials shaped the future character, behaviour, and mode of thought of the young king. He would never forgive either Paris, the nobles, or the common people.

In 1653 Mazarin was victorious over the rebels and then proceeded to construct an extraordinary administrative apparatus with Louis as his pupil. The young king also acquired Mazarin's partiality for the arts, elegance, and display. Although he had been proclaimed of age, the king did not dream of disputing the cardinal's absolute power.

The war begun in 1635 between France and Spain was then entering its last phase. The outcome of the war would transfer European hegemony from the Habsburgs to the Bourbons. A French king had to be a soldier, and so Louis served his apprenticeship on the battlefield.

In 1658 Louis faced the great conflict between love and duty, a familiar one for princes of that period. He struggled with himself for two years over his love for Mazarin's niece, Marie Mancini. He finally submitted to the exigencies of politics and in 1660 married Marie-Thérèse of Austria, daughter of King Philip IV of Spain, in order to ratify peace between their two countries.

The childhood of Louis XIV was at an end, but no one believed him capable of seizing the reins of power. No one suspected his thoughts. He wrote in his Mémoires:

In my heart I prefer fame above all else, even life itself....Love of glory has the same subtleties as the most tender passions....In exercising a totally divine function here on earth, we must appear incapable of turmoils which could debase it.

The young king

Mazarin died on March 9, 1661. The dramatic blow came on March 10. The king informed his astonished ministers that he intended to assume all responsibility for ruling the kingdom. This had not occurred since the reign of Henry IV. It cannot be overemphasized that Louis XIV's action was not in accordance with tradition; his concept of a dictatorship by divine right was his own. In genuine faith, Louis viewed himself as God's representative on earth and considered all disobedience and rebellion to be sinful. From this conviction he gained not only a dangerous feeling of infallibility but also considerable serenity and moderation.

He was backed up first by the great ministers Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Louvois, and Hugues de Lionne, among whom he fostered dissension, and later by men of lesser capacity. For 54 years Louis devoted himself to his task eight hours a day; not the smallest detail escaped his attention. He wanted to control everything from court etiquette to troop movements, from road building to theological disputes. He succeeded because he faithfully reflected the mood of a France overflowing with youth and vigour and enamoured of grandeur.

Despite the use of pensions and punishments, the monarchy had been unable to subdue the nobles, who had started 11 civil wars in 40 years. Louis lured them to his court, corrupted them with gambling, exhausted them with dissipation, and made their destinies dependent on their capacity to please him. Etiquette became a means of governing. From that time, the nobility ceased to be an important factor in French politics, which in some respects weakened the nation.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Louis XIV | Facts, Biography, Children, & Death

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Louis XIV, king of France (1643-1715) who ruled his country during one of its most brilliant periods and who remains the symbol of absolute monarchy of the classical age. He extended France's eastern borders at the expense of the Habsburgs and secured the Spanish throne for his grandson.

# data[].attributes.body
Louis XIV was famous for the image of an absolute monarch and a strong, centralized state.

Louis was 76 years old when he died.

The famous memorialist the Duke of Saint-Simon wrote of Louis XIV: “With an almanac and a watch, one could, from 300 leagues away, say with accuracy what he was doing”.

why did Louis XIV marry his wife to ease the growing tensions between France and Spain?

Louis XIV had 17 children

did any of Loui's children survive? Marie-Thérèse Charlotte de France, otherwise known as “Madame Royale”, was the eldest child of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette.

In theory, the Sun King’s daily schedule continued during the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI, but neither of the later sovereigns could stand the oppressive ceremonial rituals.

# data[].attributes.body
He was known as Louis the Great, born 1638 and died 1715 as king of France. He was the son of Louis XIII and Spanish queen Anne of Austria. He married king Philip of spain's daughter Marie-therese.

# data[].attributes.body
Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King, was a powerful monarch who ruled France for over 72 years, from 1643 until his death in 1715. He is known for his centralization of power and his lavish lifestyle, which helped to establish France as a major European power during his reign.

# data[].attributes.body
King Louis XIV was born in 1638. Louis XIV was the successor of his father, Louis XIII. Louis XIV claimed the throne at the age of five. King Louis XIV ruled his throne for 72 years and died in 1715.