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Article: Louis XIV (France) (1638–1715; Ruled 1643–1715)
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LOUIS XIV (FRANCE) (1638
–
1715; ruled 1643
–
1715)
LOUIS XIV (FRANCE)
(1638
–
1715; ruled 1643
–
1715), king of France. Hailed as
le Dieudonn
é
,
'the God-given', Louis XIV was the first child of Louis XIII (1601
–
1643) and Anne of Austria (1601
–
1661), born twenty-three years into their marriage.
THE EARLY YEARS (1638
–
1661)
Ascending the throne at the age of four, Louis XIV was educated under the tutelage of his godfather and chief minister, Jules Cardinal Mazarin (1602
–
1661), and under the day-to-day watch of his governor, Nicolas de Neufville, first marshal-duke de Villeroi (1644
–
1730). The young king received not a ...