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 ⓘ
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
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 ⓘ
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
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
Andromaque → périodeLittéraire → Grand Siècle ⓘ
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
Regency of Anne of Austria → successor → Personal rule of Louis XIV ⓘ
subject linked to: regency of Anne of Austria
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
Catherine Monvoisin → historicalContext → reign of Louis XIV ⓘ
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Chambre Ardente trials → partOf → reign of Louis XIV ⓘ
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Chambres de Réunion → historicalPeriod → reign of Louis XIV ⓘ
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
agents of Louis XIV → timePeriod → reign of Louis XIV ⓘ
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
Etienne Guibourg → timePeriod → reign of Louis XIV ⓘ
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
Siege of Cambrai (1677) → historicalPeriod → reign of Louis XIV ⓘ
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
Siege of Saint-Omer (1677) → associatedWith → reign of Louis XIV ⓘ
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
Siege of Philippsburg (1676) → historicalPeriod → Reign of Louis XIV of France ⓘ
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe → settingPeriod → reign of Louis XIV ⓘ
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV