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Article: Louis XIV and religion.(king of France)
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- Calliope
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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LOUIS XIV'S PARENTS HAD TRIED FOR MANY YEARS TO HAVE A BABY. THEN, IN 1637, IN desperation, they asked the public to pray to the Virgin Mary for an heir to the throne. The following year, a son was born and given the nickname "Louis the God-Given." This anecdote shows that the 17th century was a profoundly religious age.
As the young Louis grew up and assumed his role as king, he, too, took religion very seriously, both as a matter of conscience and of state. Always passionately interested in religious questions, Louis XIV became personally quite devout as a result of the influence of Madame de Maintenon, whom he secretly married after Marie-Therese died in 1683. ...
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