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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-Napoleon

...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 theor

...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 Fr

...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 Fr

...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, [[Mon

* 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-Pers

...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 able

...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''), wa

9. ''Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre'' (1928)

...olicies of [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]], the Minister of Finance under [[King Louis XIV]]. Colbert was known for rapidly improving the state of French [[manufactur

...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 a

...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>

...', 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.

...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 diffic

...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 other

* George Satterfield, ''Princes, Posts and Partisans: The Army of Louis XIV and Partisan Warfare in the Netherlands (1673-1678)

...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 t

*1685 Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes and bans Protestantism in France

In 1654, [[King Louis XIV of France]] appointed aristocrat [[Nicholas Denys]] as Governor of Acadia,

..., 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 ste