Who Is Louis XIV?
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Louis XIV
Louis XIV, known as Louis the Great or the Sun King was a monarch of the House of Bourbon, who ruled as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years is the longest of any monarch of a major country in European history. In this age of absolutism in Europe, Louis XIV's France was a leader in the growing centralization of power.
Louis began his personal rule in France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin. An adherent of the concept of the divine right of kings, which advocates the divine origin of monarchical rule, Louis continued his predecessors' work of creating a centralized state governed from the capital. He sought to …show more content…
There were also two lesser conflicts: the War of Devolution and the War of the Reunions. Louis encouraged and benefited from the work of prominent political, military, and cultural figures. Under his rule, the Edict of Nantes was abolished. The revocation effectively forced Huguenots to emigrate or convert in a wave of dragonnades. Louis XIV managed to virtually destroy the French Protestant minority, which had survived more than 150 years of wars and persecution under previous French …show more content…
In defiance of custom, which would have made Queen Anne the sole Regent of France, he decreed that a regency council would rule on his son's behalf. His lack of faith in Queen Anne's political abilities was the primary reason. He did, however, make the concession of appointing her head of the council.
Louis XIV was declared to have reached the age of majority in 1654. On the death of Mazarin in March 1661, Louis assumed personal control of the reins of government and astonished his court by declaring that he would rule without a chief minister. Louis was able to capitalize on the widespread public yearning for law and order that resulted from prolonged foreign and civil wars to further consolidate central political authority and
Louis XIV
Louis XIV, known as Louis the Great or the Sun King was a monarch of the House of Bourbon, who ruled as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years is the longest of any monarch of a major country in European history. In this age of absolutism in Europe, Louis XIV's France was a leader in the growing centralization of power.
Louis began his personal rule in France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin. An adherent of the concept of the divine right of kings, which advocates the divine origin of monarchical rule, Louis continued his predecessors' work of creating a centralized state governed from the capital. He sought to …show more content…
There were also two lesser conflicts: the War of Devolution and the War of the Reunions. Louis encouraged and benefited from the work of prominent political, military, and cultural figures. Under his rule, the Edict of Nantes was abolished. The revocation effectively forced Huguenots to emigrate or convert in a wave of dragonnades. Louis XIV managed to virtually destroy the French Protestant minority, which had survived more than 150 years of wars and persecution under previous French …show more content…
In defiance of custom, which would have made Queen Anne the sole Regent of France, he decreed that a regency council would rule on his son's behalf. His lack of faith in Queen Anne's political abilities was the primary reason. He did, however, make the concession of appointing her head of the council.
Louis XIV was declared to have reached the age of majority in 1654. On the death of Mazarin in March 1661, Louis assumed personal control of the reins of government and astonished his court by declaring that he would rule without a chief minister. Louis was able to capitalize on the widespread public yearning for law and order that resulted from prolonged foreign and civil wars to further consolidate central political authority and