Father Louis XIII Mother Anne of Austria Religion Catholicism Signature Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verifie...
He was born on September 5, 1638 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France to Anne of Austria and King Louis XIII. It was by way of his father's death in 1643 that Louis ascended the throne. Commonly referred to as a boy-king, he was the age of a preschooler when the land of France was...
Louis became king of France at the age of five when his father died. In the beginning, he was too young to rule, so his mother helped him. Then at the age of 17, Louis ruled the country alone. He was king for 72 years. France became a powerful country with Louis as king. But ...
Louis De France was the son of Louis XIV and Marie-Thérèse of Austria. His death preceded his father’s, and the French crown went to his own grandson, Louis XV. In 1688 he received nominal command of the French armies in Germany, led by Vauban, but th
Louis XIV was born on September 5, 1638, in Saint-Germaine-en-Laye, France, and christened Louis-Dieudonné—French for "Gift of God." His mother was the Hapsburg Spanish queen Anne of Austria, and his father was Louis XIII, king of France. Louis XIV had a brother named Philippe, who...
Louis XIV, the son of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria, became king at the age of four after his father’s death on May 14, 1643. Despite his divine status, he was a neglected child, nearly drowning once due to a lack of supervision. Anne of Austria instilled in him a fear of “...
Louis’ father wasKing Henry IV of France, the first king to come from the House of Bourbon. He was later known as “Henry the Great” for his popularity among his subjects before his chilling end. Louis’ mother was the schemingMarie de' Medici, the daughter of the Duke of Tuscany. ...
On May 16, 1643, his father died and Louis became King of France at the age of five. The country was governed by his mother as regent and at the age of 17 he ruled the country alone. However, he was carefully guided by Cardinal Jules Mazarin, who had been the protege of Cardinal ...
The real, non-dream Louis was born in 1710; he was the great-grandson of Louis XIV. He came to the throne at only age 5, because his grandfather (Louis XIV’s son, Louis “le Grand Dauphin”) and great-uncle died of smallpox in 1711; the following year his father (Louis, Duke ...
Then, on December 20, 1765, his father died of tuberculosis, and Louis Auguste became Dauphin at age 11. His mother never recovered from the family tragedies and also succumbed to tuberculosis on March 13, 1767. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Louis Auguste was ill-prepared for the ...