louis XIV

By emendez
  • Nov 12, 1576

    louis xiv

    Edicts of Beaulieu, Poitiers and Nantes (defining Huguenot rights).

  • french war

    1635 French declaration of war against Spain (war lasted till 1659).

  • journeys

    Louis XIV's journeys to southern and south-western of France.

  • louis marriage

    9 June. Marriage of Louis XIV with Maria Teresa, infanta of Spain; she renounces her right to the Spanish throne against a promised dowry (which was never paid).

  • birth of louis

    1 November. Birth of Louis, dauphin of France. Between 1662 and 1672 five more children (two sons, three daughters) are born of Louis' marriage to Maria Teresa, none of whom survived infancy or early childhood.
    Birth of Louis' first illegitimate child; between 1662 and 1678 ten acknowledged illegitimate children are born to him; those who survive early childhood are legitimised.

  • dead of his grandson

    1714 4 May. Death of Louis' youngest grandson, the duke of Berry.
    July. Louis makes it possible for his legitimised sons, the duke of Maine and the count of Toulouse, to succeed if the Orleans and Condé families should die out in the male line; both are declared princes of the blood. 2 August. Louis XIV's will, establishing a regency council of fourteen members, the president of which is to be his nephew, the duke of Orleans, on which his two legitimised sons shall have seat.

  • louis death

    August. Louis XIV's illness and final arrangements for the governorship and education of his heir, his great-grandson Louis.
    1 September. Death of Louis XIV.