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Louis XIV of France
King of France and of Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)
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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 5 September 1638, 5 September 1638
- Died
- 1 September 1715
- Place of birth
- Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- Place of death
- Palace of Versailles
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Louis
- Father
- Louis XIII of France
- Mother
- Anne of Austria
- Child
- Louis, Grand Dauphin, Marie Thérèse, Madame Royale, Philippe Charles, Duke of Anjou, Princess Anne Élisabeth of France, Princess Marie Anne of France, Louis François, Duke of Anjou, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, Louis, Count of Vermandois, Louis César, Count of Vexin, Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon
- Sibling
- Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
- Present in work
- A Little Chaos
- Occupation
- politician, art collector, actor, monarch, statesperson
- Position held
- King of France and Navarre, French co-prince of Andorra
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Catholicism
- anthem
- Marche Henri IV
- cause of death
- gangrene
- date of baptism
- 21 April 1643
- depicted by
- King Louis XIV, King of France (1638–1715) as a Child, King Louis XIV (1638-1715) of France, King Louis XIV at the taking of Maastricht, 30 June 1673, Portrait of Louis XIV of France
- described by source
- Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Dictionnaire Infernal, Dictionnaire du patrimoine rennais, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Meyer’s Universum, Vierzehnter Band, New International Encyclopedia
- has works in the collection
- Städel Museum, National Gallery of Art, Archives nationales
- manner of death
- natural causes
- medical condition
- smallpox
- member of
- New Monarchs
- name in native language
- Louis XIV
- nickname
- le Roi Soleil, Louis le Grand
- noble title
- King of France and Navarre
- owner of
- Château du Val, Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria with Saint Sebastian, The Young Beggar, Apollo and Daphne, Jupiter and Antiope, Melancholia, The Origin of Sculpture, The Origin of Painting, Woman with a Mirror, Village Fête, Death of the Virgin
- place of burial
- Basilica of Saint-Denis
- political ideology
- absolutism
- replaced by
- Louis XV of France
- residence
- Palace of Versailles
- significant event
- First Communion
- time period
- France in the early modern period
- topic's main category
- Category:Louis XIV
- unmarried partner
- Louise de La Vallière, Madame de Montespan, Claude de Vin des Œillets, Catherine Bellier, Marie Mancini, Olympia Mancini, Anne-Madeleine de Conty d'Argencourt, Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, Bonne de Pons d'Heudicourt, Anne de Rohan-Chabot, Isabelle de Ludres, Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Duchess of Fontanges
- writing language
- French
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