King Louis XIV
Versailles palace builder
King Louis XIV refers to the monarch who ruled France from 1643 to 1715, the longest reign of any European sovereign.
Known as the Sun King, he built Versailles, centralized French power, and embodied absolute monarchy.
The name appears in historical discussions of divine right, baroque culture, and European statecraft: He decorated like King Louis XIV.
- VersaillesFrench royal palace complex
- FranceWestern European republic
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- absoluteTotal, without qualification
absolute power · palace · French court · royal court · court · gilded · baroque · opulence · Marie Antoinette · Bourbon · reign · crown · royal · extravagance · chandeliers · gardens · aristocracy · powdered wigs
- King
- royaltyqueen, prince, princess, queens, princes
- DumasThe Three Musketeers, Athos, Porthos, Aramis, swashbuckling
- Royal PatronsFrederick the Great, Catherine de Medici, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Charles I
- leadersleader, boss, leaders, bosses, chiefs
- Alan Rickman rolesSnape, Sheriff of Nottingham, Metatron, Marvin, Jamie
King Louis XIVconstitutional monarch
Sovereign bound by law
Oliver Cromwell · parliamentary democracy · George Washington · republic · Thomas Jefferson
King Louis XIVMahatma Gandhi
Francis of Assisi · egalitarian · ascetic · the proletariat · man of the people
King Louis XIVRobespierre
Revolutionary who devoured himself
Louis XVI · Napoleon Bonaparte · Marianne · Charles de Gaulle
king, kings, kingly, kingship, kinghood, kingless, kingmaker, Louis