Louis XIV son of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria also known as “the sun king” is the perfect example to describe absolutism. The sun king is born in 1638 and died in 1718 in versailles. His reign of 72 year was longer than any other european sovereign. During his reign he established his kingdom as the dominant european power by transforming the monarchy centralizing the control of his country and harshly ruling his country with absolute power. Louis XIV also made a mark to art literature music and sports.
Louis XIV took the crown at 4 years old , However because of his young age, the sun king couldn’t rule his country. His mother , Anne of Austria and his godfather Jules Mazarin took the power until he was old enough to rule the country. When he turned 20, he self proclaimed “representant of god” and he declared “ L’etat c’est moi” meaning “I am the state”. He declared that he …show more content…
In the late 1680s, reacting to yet another spate of expansionist battles by Louis' armed forces, they and a few littler nations framed a coalition known as the Grand Alliance. The following war, battled on both sides of the equator, kept going from 1688 to 1697; France rose with the vast majority of its region in place yet its ressources extremely strained. More lamentable for Louis XIV was the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714), in which the maturing lord protected his grandson Philip V's legacy of Spain and its domain. The long clash dove a starvation ridden France into enormous obligation, turning popular supposition against the crown.Louis requested the obliteration of Protestant houses of worship, the conclusion of Protestant schools and the removal of Protestant pastorate. That induced the retreat of the protestants to britain , germany or even american
Louis XIV took the crown at 4 years old , However because of his young age, the sun king couldn’t rule his country. His mother , Anne of Austria and his godfather Jules Mazarin took the power until he was old enough to rule the country. When he turned 20, he self proclaimed “representant of god” and he declared “ L’etat c’est moi” meaning “I am the state”. He declared that he …show more content…
In the late 1680s, reacting to yet another spate of expansionist battles by Louis' armed forces, they and a few littler nations framed a coalition known as the Grand Alliance. The following war, battled on both sides of the equator, kept going from 1688 to 1697; France rose with the vast majority of its region in place yet its ressources extremely strained. More lamentable for Louis XIV was the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714), in which the maturing lord protected his grandson Philip V's legacy of Spain and its domain. The long clash dove a starvation ridden France into enormous obligation, turning popular supposition against the crown.Louis requested the obliteration of Protestant houses of worship, the conclusion of Protestant schools and the removal of Protestant pastorate. That induced the retreat of the protestants to britain , germany or even american