Louis XIV's Reign

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    Anne served as sole regent for her son, assisted by her chief minister and close confidant, Cardinal Jules Mazarin

  • Born on September 5, 1638

  • Louis XIII (father of Louis XIV) died on May 14, 1643

  • Louis XIV inherited the crown of France at 4 years old

  • Peace of Westphalia between France and the Austrian Hapsburgs

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    The Fronde

  • Louis XIV crowned and consecrated at Rheims

  • Peace of the Pyrenees between France and Spain

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    Louis married his first cousin Marie-Thérèse

  • Death of Mazarin

  • Beginning of military reforms

  • Tax gathering by tax farmers introduced

  • Treaty with the Dutch Republic

  • Treaty with Denmark Norway and Sweden

  • French trading companies founded and commercial treaties to promote trade signed

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    French academies founded or recognized

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    War of Devolution

  • Treaty with German Baltic free cities

  • Town of Versailles started

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    Dutch war

  • Controversy with papacy over régale begins

  • Treaty with Morocco

  • Death of Louis' wife Maria Teres

  • Treaty with Algiers and Tunis

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    War of the League of Augsburg

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    War of the Spanish Succession in Europe

  • Treaty with all ex-enemies of the War of the Spanish Succession

  • Peace treaties signed between France and her enemies, except the emperor and Empire

  • Death of Louis XIV