Reign of Louis XIV

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The Reign of Louis XIV was the long and influential rule of the French "Sun King" from 1643 to 1715, marked by absolute monarchy, cultural flourishing at Versailles, and numerous European wars that expanded and defended French power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
monarchical reign
administrativeReform intendant system strengthening
alsoKnownAs Reign of the Sun King
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
associatedWithArchitect Jules Hardouin-Mansart
Louis Le Vau
associatedWithComposer Jean-Baptiste Lully
associatedWithLandscapeArchitect André Le Nôtre
associatedWithPainter Charles Le Brun
associatedWithPlaywright Jean Racine
Molière
capital Paris
characterizedBy centralization of royal power
court culture at Versailles
mercantilist economic policy
military expansion
religious uniformity policies
chiefMinisterAtBeginning Cardinal Mazarin
country Kingdom of France
culturalInstitution Académie française
Académie royale de musique
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
culturalPolicy patronage of arts and literature
duration 72 years
economicPolicy Colbertism
linked to: Colbert
endDate 1715
financeMinister Jean-Baptiste Colbert
foreignPolicyGoal French territorial expansion
dominance in European politics
governmentForm absolute monarchy
legacy cultural dominance of French language and manners in European courts
model of absolutist monarchy in Europe
legalInstrument Edict of Fontainebleau
monarch Louis XIV of France
namedAfter Louis XIV of France
notableEvent Franco-Dutch War
Nine Years' War
The Fronde
linked to: Fronde

War of Devolution
War of the Reunions
War of the Spanish Succession
politicalCenter Palace of Versailles
predecessorMonarch Louis XIII of France
linked to: King Louis XIII
regentAtBeginning Anne of Austria
religiousPolicy persecution of Huguenots
revocation of the Edict of Nantes
seatOfPower Palace of Versailles
startDate 1643
successorMonarch Louis XV of France
symbol Sun King
linked to: Louis XIV of France
taxPolicy increased indirect taxation

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War of the Reunions timePeriod Reign of Louis XIV
Ten Years Later settingPeriod reign of Louis XIV
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Gardens of Fontainebleau (modifications) era reign of Louis XIV
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
Siege of Tournai (1667) historicalPeriod Reign of Louis XIV
Jean Racine literaryPeriod Grand Siècle
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
Ordonnance sur la procédure criminelle reign règne de Louis XIV
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
Ceiling decorations of the Galerie d’Apollon in the Louvre iconographicTheme triumph of Louis XIV
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
Atys historicalContext reign of Louis XIV
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Alceste historicalContext reign of Louis XIV
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Madame de Thianges era reign of Louis XIV
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Reign of Louis XIV alsoKnownAs Reign of the Sun King
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
Franco-Spanish War (1673–1678) historicalPeriod reign of Louis XIV
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
Anglo-Dutch alliance opposedBy France under Louis XIV
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Louis XV period follows Louis XIV period
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
developing the bastioned trace system known as the "pré carré" historicalPeriod reign of Louis XIV
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
French Baroque architecture period reign of Louis XIV
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
Portrait of Charles Le Brun associatedWith Louis XIV era
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
Grand Commun, Versailles timePeriod reign of Louis XIV
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV