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- ...uke of Burgundy, and was born at Versailles on Feb. 15, 1710. He succeeded Louis XIV to the throne at the age of five and during his minority the regency was he * Jones, Colin. ''The Great Nation: France from Louis XIV to Napoleon, 1715-99'' (2002). [http://www.amazon.com/Great-Nation-Napoleon9 KB (1,436 words) - 17:21, 16 August 2011
- ...ousset advocated the theory of divine origin to support the despotism of [[Louis XIV]]. James I , in his book ''The Law of Free Monarchies'' asserted this theor3 KB (417 words) - 01:15, 21 February 2010
- ...ndance was the permanent governmental military administration, begun by of Louis XIV's minister of war, the Marquis de Louvois (1641-1691). Under Lavois, the Fr6 KB (982 words) - 02:42, 15 June 2010
- ...to put William in power, and his opportunity came in 1672. That spring, [[Louis XIV]] ordered a French invasion of the United Provinces and the people called f Realising that Louis XIV would continue to be a threat, Willem Hendrik organised a league against Fr12 KB (1,927 words) - 22:53, 30 July 2023
- ...ls of French gastronomy until the early 1900's. Thus it was not made for [[Louis XIV]]'s wastrel brother in the seventeenth century, but because his name, [[Mon3 KB (499 words) - 15:09, 16 September 2010
- * Goubert, Pierre. ''Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen'' (1972), social history from [[Annales School * Lynn, John A. ''The Wars of Louis XIV, 1667-1714'' (1999) [http://www.amazon.com/Wars-Louis-1667-1714-Modern-Pers17 KB (2,273 words) - 11:11, 23 February 2024
- ...f Whig MPs encouraged William, had been leading the European war against [[Louis XIV]] of France and was the grandson of [[Charles I]] of England, to bid for th ...rance with French troops and support from the Roman Catholic French King [[Louis XIV]] to make a claim for the throne, with the Irish Catholic peasantry an able8 KB (1,242 words) - 22:47, 15 September 2013
- ...uis XIV by Rigaud, 1701, Louvre (cropped).jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}"Portrait of Louis XIV of 1701," by Hyacinthe Rigaud, glorified the monarchy. ]] '''Louis XIV''' (1638-1715), sometimes called '''The Sun King''' (''Roi du soleil''), wa32 KB (5,113 words) - 13:03, 1 November 2014
- 9. ''Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre'' (1928)4 KB (366 words) - 17:44, 17 March 2009
- ...olicies of [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]], the Minister of Finance under [[King Louis XIV]]. Colbert was known for rapidly improving the state of French [[manufactur4 KB (627 words) - 07:50, 21 August 2009
- ...he city was destroyed by fire, and several wars during the reign of King [[Louis XIV of France]] resulted in worsening finances for Neuss. Its importance as a4 KB (658 words) - 10:16, 4 July 2023
- ...nly a few Protestant villages remained in isolated areas.<ref>John Wolf, ''Louis XIV'', ch 24; Bertrand Van Ruymbeke, "Escape from Babylon." ''Christian History ...ian king" was a powerful ally who could not be alienated.<ref>John Wolf, ''Louis XIV'', 388-92</ref>20 KB (3,089 words) - 09:15, 5 April 2024
- ...', which brought him into frequent contact with King [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]]. It has been claimed that Poquelin graduated in [[law]] at [[Orléans]] ...ground. It was his wife Armande who asked the king [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] to allow a "normal" funeral celebrated at night.18 KB (2,911 words) - 10:38, 7 March 2024
- ...ance, [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]], in the government of the King of France [[Louis XIV]] to take part in the founding of the [[Académie Royale des Sciences]]. Th ...him leaving Paris for Holland. By 1671 Huygens returned to Paris. In 1672 Louis XIV invaded the Low Countries and Huygens found himself in the extremely diffic13 KB (2,050 words) - 03:41, 17 October 2013
- ...s the second-longest-reigning sovereign in recorded history, behind only [[Louis XIV]], and just ahead of the late King Rama IX of [[Thailand]] (the only other6 KB (864 words) - 12:15, 14 February 2024
- * George Satterfield, ''Princes, Posts and Partisans: The Army of Louis XIV and Partisan Warfare in the Netherlands (1673-1678)5 KB (670 words) - 02:18, 7 April 2024
- ...land, history|Poland]]; and he distinguished himself in the wars against [[Louis XIV]] of France but resigned his commands in 1707, feeling himself snubbed by t8 KB (1,296 words) - 08:16, 29 July 2023
- *1685 Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes and bans Protestantism in France8 KB (1,185 words) - 05:11, 17 August 2021
- In 1654, [[King Louis XIV of France]] appointed aristocrat [[Nicholas Denys]] as Governor of Acadia,9 KB (1,395 words) - 08:50, 30 June 2023
- ..., provision for the housing of Huguenot immigrants was made in 1681 when [[Louis XIV]]'s religious policy was beginning to drive these Protestants out of France ...cause of the military operations against the territorial expansionism of [[Louis XIV]] of France. As the economy stagnated the number of inhabitants shrunk ste17 KB (2,561 words) - 09:57, 22 October 2008