Louis XIV
Louis XIV
Louis XIV, known as Louis the Greator the Sun King, was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any monarch of a major country in European history. In this age of absolutism in Europe, Louis XIV's France was a leader in the growing centralization of power...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionRoyalty
Date of Birth5 September 1638
CountryFrance
Louis XIV quotes about
royalty states
I am the State. [Fr., L'etat c'est moi.]
ungrateful unhappy hundred
Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.