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Embezzlement and High Treason in Louis XIV’s France
The court was left with the impression that the vast sums of money needed to support his lifestyle could only have been obtained through embezzlement of government funds. -
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Sun King
King Louis XIV received because he chose the sun as his personal symbol. -
Louis XIV crowned
Louis XIV takes part in war against Spain on northern, north-eastern and eastern frontiers of France Mar 9, 1661 Louis XIV decides to rule without a Chief Minister -
Louis XIV married
In June 1660, Maria Theresa and Louis XIV were married in Saint-Jean-de-Luz. -
Louis XIV ruled without Minster
King Louis XIV astonished his court by deciding to rule without a minister to advise him. He chose the sun to symbolize his power and strength, and became known as the Sun King. -
Great Ordinances
In French political history, a great ordinance was an important royal ordinance or decree. -
Birth of Louis' first grandchild
a boy from the marriage of the dauphin in 1680 with the Bavarian princess Marie-Christine; in all three legitimate grandchildren were born alive or survived infancy -
Death of Carlos II
Carlos II of Spain, on the advice of the pope, nominates Louis XIV's second grandson, Philip, duke of Anjou, his heir on the condition that no partition shall take place -
The Treaty of Baden
Treaty of Baden was the treaty that ended formal hostilities between France and the Holy Roman Empire, which had been at war since the start of the War of the Spanish Succession. It was signed on 7 September 1714 in Baden, Switzerland -
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Louis XIV's illness
Louis XIV continued to suffer, he became dehydrated and began hallucinating; a worrying symptom to say the least. The king’s entourage began to fear a fatal outcome; the treatments administered by the archiatres
