About 560 results for ‘Louis XIV of France’
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Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV (5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. He holds the distinction of being the longest-reigning king in European history, reigning for 72 years and 110 days. Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin. An adherent of the theory of the divine right of kings, which advocates the divine origin and lack of temporal restraint of monarchical rule, Louis continued his predecessors' work of creating a centralized state governed from the capital. He sought to eliminate the remnants of feudalism persisting in parts of France and, by compelling the nobility to inhabit his lavish Palace of Versailles, succeeded in pacifying the aristocracy, many members of which had participated in the Fronde rebellion during Louis's minority. By these means he consolidated a system of absolute monarchical rule in France that endured until the French Revolution. During Louis's reign France was the leading European power and fought three major wars: the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the League of Augsburg, and the War of the Spanish Succession, as well as two lesser conflicts, the War of Devolution and the War of the Reunions. Louis encouraged and benefited from the work of prominent political, military and cultural figures such as Mazarin, Colbert, Turenne and Vauban, as well as Molière, Racine, Boileau, La Fontaine, Lully, Le Brun, Rigaud, Bossuet, Le Vau, Mansart, Charles and Claude Perrault, and Le Nôtre. Upon his death just days before his seventy-seventh birthday, Louis was succeeded by his five-year-old great-grandson, Louis XV. All his intermediate heirs—his son Louis, le Grand Dauphin; the Dauphin's eldest son Louis, duc de Bourgogne; and Bourgogne's eldest son and his second eldest son, Louis, duc de Bretagne (the older brothers of the future Louis XV)—predeceased him.
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PLACE ROYALE ET ANCIEN PALAIS DES DUCS, A DIJON (XVIIIE S...
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- 17th century
- 18th century
- Cane
- Dijon
- Dog
- Equestrianism
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- 20th century
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LOUIS XIV, MARIE THERESE ET LE DAUPHIN
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- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bow and arrow
- Child
- Deciduous
- Dukes of Burgundy
- Louis XIV of France
- Lyre
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- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Baptiste Belin
Vase d'or, fleurs et buste de Louis XIV
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- Painting
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- Cornucopia
- Cuirass
- Flower
- Gold
- Grape
- Louis XIV of France
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- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Merry-Joseph Blondel
LA FRANCE, AU MILIEU DES ROIS LEGISLATEURS ET DES JURICON...
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- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- France
- Henry IV of France
- Justice
- Louis XIV of France
- Louis XVIII of France
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Eugène Devéria
PUGET PRESENTANT SA STATUE DE MILON DE CROTONE A LOUIS XI...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Château
- Dog
- Dress
- Inauguration
- Louis XIV of France
- Nobility
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Eugène Devéria
Puget présentant sa statue de Milon de Crotone à Louis XI...
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- Château
- Dog
- Dress
- Inauguration
- Louis XIV of France
- Nobility
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- Date:
- 19th century
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PASSAGE DU RHIN PAR L'ARMEE DE LOUIS XIV (12 JUIN 1672)
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- Louis XIV of France
- Rhine
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- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Hyacinthe Rigaud
Louis XIV (1638-1715)
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- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Coronation
- Crown (headgear)
- Embroidery
- Fur
- Glove
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Adam Frans van der Meulen
VUE DU CHATEAU DE VINCENNES OU LE DEPART DE LOUIS XIV POU...
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- Painting
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Adam Frans van der Meulen
LE PASSAGE DU RHIN (12 JUIN 1672)
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- Cavalry
- Ford (crossing)
- Louis XIV of France
- Officer (armed forces)
- Rhine
- Serviceman
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- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Adam Frans van der Meulen
DEFAITE DE L'ARMEE ESPAGNOLE PRES DU CANAL DE BRUGES (31 ...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cavalry
- Deciduous
- Louis XIV of France
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- Date:
- 17th century
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PRISE DE MONTMEDY.6 AOUT 1657
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Louis XIV of France
- Montmédy
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Adam Frans van der Meulen
PRISE DE DOLE.14 FEVRIER 1668
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- Portrayed subject:
- City
- Louis XIV of France
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- Date:
- 17th century
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LOUIS XIV, ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE (1638-1715)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Boy
- Louis XIV of France
- Portrait
- Regalia
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Adam Frans van der Meulen
PRISE D'YPRES.19 MARS 1678
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- Portrayed subject:
- Horse
- Louis XIV of France
- Ypres
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- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Adam Frans van der Meulen
VUE DU CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES, DU COTE DE L'ORANGERIE EN 1664
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Château
- Dog
- Domestic worker
- Louis XIV of France
- Nobility
- Versailles (city)
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- Date:
- 17th century
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VUE DU CHATEAU DE CLAGNY.1678
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Château
- Crown prince
- Domestic worker
- Horse
- Louis XIV of France
- Maria Theresa of Spain
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- Date:
- 17th century
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VUE DE LA VILLE ET DU CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES PRISE DE LA B...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cart
- Château
- Louis XIV of France
- Nobility
- Peasant
- Versailles (city)
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- Date:
- 17th century
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VUE DES JARDINS DE VERSAILLES PRISE DU COTE DU PARTERRE N...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Château
- Louis XIV of France
- Nobility
- Park
- Pelvis
- Versailles (city)
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- Date:
- 17th century
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VUE DES JARDINS DE TRIANON, PRISE DU PARTERRE BAS
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Domestic worker
- Flower
- Louis XIV of France
- Nobility
- Pelvis
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- Date:
- 18th century
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