king louis XIV

Title: king louis XIV
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king louis XIV

King Louis XIV Louis XIV was born at the royal chateau in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1638. He was only five when he became king upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. During the time of his childhood, Louis witnessed a period of rebellion known as the Fronde, led first by the nobility then by the commoners. He felt both humiliated by the arrogant nobles and threatened by the people of Paris-and would never forget it. His …showed first 75 words of 662 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 662 total…of two nations under one monarch, the nations of Europe went to war with Louis. This war ended in 1713 with the Treaty of Utrecht, which recognized Louis XIV’s grandson as King Philip V of Spain. Louis had strengthened the country but totally exhausted the French people. However, King Louis made France a very powerful and influential nation. His personal example of long, dedicated rule, made France the bureaucratic model for 18th-century, absolutist Europe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**

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