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Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign.
The "S" letter (for Sun) with the motto Nec pluribus impar. Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française, 1694. Nec pluribus impar (literally: "Not unequal to many") is a Latin motto adopted by Louis XIV of France from 1658. [1] It was often inscribed together with the symbol of the "Sun King": a head within rays of sunlight.
Louis XIV, a 1701 portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud. For most of the reign of Louis XIV (1643–1715), ("The Sun King"), France was the dominant power in Europe, aided by the diplomacy of Cardinal Richelieu's successor as the King's chief minister, (1642–61) Cardinal Jules Mazarin, (1602–1661).
As André Félibien noted in his description of Versailles, solar and apollonian themes predominated with projects constructed at the time: "Since the sun was the emblem of Louis XIV, and that poets join the sun and Apollo, there is nothing in this superb house that does not relation to this divinity." [10] (Félibien, 1674).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty and nobility) sorted by nickname. This list is divided into two parts: Cognomens: Also called cognomina. These are names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples ...
King Louis XIV of France, often considered by historians as an archetype of absolutism. Absolutism or the Age of Absolutism (c. 1610 – c. 1789) is a historiographical term used to describe a form of monarchical power that is unrestrained by all other institutions, such as churches, legislatures, or social elites. [1]
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[b] Louis XIV was born on 5 September 1638, an event that secured the Bourbon line. At this time, Anne was 37. [37] The official newspaper Gazette de France called the birth "a marvel when it was least expected". [37] The birth of a living son failed to re-establish confidence between the royal couple. However, she conceived again fifteen ...