# Louis XIV - King of France

URL: https://history-france.com/rulers/louis-xiv
Reign: 1643–1715
Born-Died: 1638 - 1715
Dynasty: Bourbon
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Louis+XIV&go=Go

The Sun King built Versailles, expanded royal absolutism and fought repeated European wars.

## Succession
- Preceded by: [Louis XIII](https://history-france.com/rulers/louis-xiii)
- Succeeded by: [Louis XV](https://history-france.com/rulers/louis-xv)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1643 - [Louis XIII dies; Louis XIV succeeds](https://history-france.com/timeline/1643-louis-xiii-dies-louis-xiv-succeeds)
- 1643 - [Battle of Rocroi](https://history-france.com/timeline/1643-battle-of-rocroi)
- 1648 - [Peace of Westphalia](https://history-france.com/timeline/1648-peace-of-westphalia)
- 1648 - [Fronde begins](https://history-france.com/timeline/1648-fronde-begins)
- 1649 - [Royal court flees Paris during Fronde](https://history-france.com/timeline/1649-royal-court-flees-paris-during-fronde)
- 1652 - [Condé’s rebellion collapses in Paris](https://history-france.com/timeline/1652-conde-s-rebellion-collapses-in-paris)
- 1653 - [Fronde ends](https://history-france.com/timeline/1653-fronde-ends)
- 1659 - [Treaty of the Pyrenees](https://history-france.com/timeline/1659-treaty-of-the-pyrenees)
- 1660 - [Louis XIV marries Maria Theresa of Spain](https://history-france.com/timeline/1660-louis-xiv-marries-maria-theresa-of-spain)
- 1661 - [Louis XIV begins personal rule](https://history-france.com/timeline/1661-louis-xiv-begins-personal-rule)
- 1661 - [Fouquet arrested](https://history-france.com/timeline/1661-fouquet-arrested)
- 1664 - [French East India Company founded](https://history-france.com/timeline/1664-french-east-india-company-founded)
- 1664 - [Versailles festivities signal court culture](https://history-france.com/timeline/1664-versailles-festivities-signal-court-culture)
- 1665 - [Colbert becomes controller-general of finances](https://history-france.com/timeline/1665-colbert-becomes-controller-general-of-finances)
- 1667 - [War of Devolution begins](https://history-france.com/timeline/1667-war-of-devolution-begins)
- 1668 - [Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle](https://history-france.com/timeline/1668-treaty-of-aix-la-chapelle)
- 1670 - [Hôtel des Invalides founded](https://history-france.com/timeline/1670-hotel-des-invalides-founded)
- 1672 - [Franco-Dutch War begins](https://history-france.com/timeline/1672-franco-dutch-war-begins)
- 1678 - [Treaties of Nijmegen](https://history-france.com/timeline/1678-treaties-of-nijmegen)
- 1682 - [Royal court moves to Versailles](https://history-france.com/timeline/1682-royal-court-moves-to-versailles)
- 1683 - [Death of Colbert](https://history-france.com/timeline/1683-death-of-colbert)
- 1685 - [Edict of Fontainebleau revokes Edict of Nantes](https://history-france.com/timeline/1685-edict-of-fontainebleau-revokes-edict-of-nantes)
- 1686 - [League of Augsburg forms](https://history-france.com/timeline/1686-league-of-augsburg-forms)
- 1688 - [Nine Years’ War begins](https://history-france.com/timeline/1688-nine-years-war-begins)
- 1692 - [Battle of La Hogue](https://history-france.com/timeline/1692-battle-of-la-hogue)
- 1697 - [Treaty of Ryswick](https://history-france.com/timeline/1697-treaty-of-ryswick)
- 1701 - [War of the Spanish Succession begins](https://history-france.com/timeline/1701-war-of-the-spanish-succession-begins)
- 1704 - [Battle of Blenheim](https://history-france.com/timeline/1704-battle-of-blenheim)
- 1709 - [Battle of Malplaquet](https://history-france.com/timeline/1709-battle-of-malplaquet)
- 1709 - [Great Winter famine](https://history-france.com/timeline/1709-great-winter-famine)
- 1713 - [Treaty of Utrecht](https://history-france.com/timeline/1713-treaty-of-utrecht)
- 1715 - [Louis XIV dies](https://history-france.com/timeline/1715-louis-xiv-dies)
- 1715 - [Regency of Philippe d’Orléans begins](https://history-france.com/timeline/1715-regency-of-philippe-d-orleans-begins)