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Louis XIV of France. Louis XIV (1638–1715), the Bourbon monarch of the Kingdom of France, was the son of King Louis XIII of France and Queen Anne. The descendants of Louis XIV are numerous. Although only one of his children by his wife Maria Theresa of Spain survived past infancy, Louis had many illegitimate children by his mistresses. [1]
Louis XIII 1601–1643 King of France r. 1610–1643 House of Orléans: Louis XIV 1638–1715 King of France r. 1643–1715: Philippe I 1640–1701 Duke of Orléans: Louis 1661–1711 Grand Dauphin: Louis 1682–1712 Duke of Burgundy Petit Dauphin: Philippe II 1674–1723 Duke of Orléans: Louis XV 1710–1774 King of France r. 1715–1774 ...
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. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign.
The family might also have obtained the county of Blois and with it the Château de Blois, Château de Chambord and also the governorship of Languedoc but Philippe de France was refused these by his brother. In 1672, Louis XIV added the Duchy of Nemours, the countships of Dourdan and Romorantin, and the marquisates of Coucy and Folembray.
Philippe de France, Duke of Orléans was the brother of Louis XIV of France and the younger son of Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria. A member of the House of Bourbon, he is the founder of the current House of Orléans. His heirs formed a junior collateral branch of the royal dynasty.
From top; left to right: Robert I, Hugh Capet, Louis IX, Francis I, Henry IV, Louis XIV, Louis XVI, Napoleon I, Napoleon III The family tree of Frankish and French monarchs (509–1870) France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several ...
Louis XIV of France 6 children: 30 July 1683 (aged 44) Louis, Dauphin of France 1683–1711: 1 November 1661, son of Maria Theresa of Spain and Louis XIV of France: Duchess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria 3 children: 14 April 1711 (aged 49) Louis, Duke of Burgundy 1711–1712: 16 August 1682, son of Louis, Dauphin of France and Maria Anna of Bavaria
Appealing to Louis XIV, she managed to arrange to travel to England, where she arrived in Dover on 26 May 1670, remaining there until 1 June, the day the treaty was signed. [ 31 ] Charles abandoned England's Triple Alliance with Sweden and the Dutch Republic in favour of assisting Louis XIV in conquering the Dutch Republic, which he claimed for ...