HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Cardinal Richelieu
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Louis XIII
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Louis XIV
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Frederick the Great
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Detailed explanation-1: -Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715.
Detailed explanation-2: -Son of the Duke of Burgundy and Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, and great-grandson of Louis XIV, Louis XV became heir apparent upon the death of his father in 1712. He then became king in 1715 at just five years of age upon the death of Louis XIV.
Detailed explanation-3: -Death of Louis XIV, 1715 1st September 1715. After a week of agonising pain, four days before his 77th birthday, Louis XIV died in Versailles just after 8.15 am on 1 September. He had been king for 72 years, the longest reign in the history of France.
Detailed explanation-4: -Louis XVI was the last king of France before the French Revolution. The royal family was forcibly brought from Versailles to Paris in October 1789 and their attempt to flee the country in 1791 ended when they reached Varennes. The monarchy was abolished in September 1792 and Louis was guillotined in January 1793.