Louis XIV

LOUIS XIV, King of France, born at St. Germain-en-Laye, September 16th 1638
Louis XIV was crowned on June 7, 1654 when he was 14
When young Louis was four, his father fell gravely ill with tuberculosis. In 1660 Louis married the Infanta Marie Theresa, a princess who possessed neither beauty or other attractive qualities.His education had been neglected most of his life, but when his mother died in 1661, he suddenly decided to learn the reins of government, and from that time forth he went he...