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Louis XIV  was born on September 5, 1638.

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His father, Louis XIII, died when he was 
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so he became king very very early.

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Of course, you’re not gonna let a 4-year-old 
make decisions,

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so Louis’s mother was the regent but most 
of the decisions by

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Cardinal Mazarin which was the chief minister 
for France during Louis’s young age.

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When he was 9, the French nobles and the 
townspeople rebelled against the crown.

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Louis suffered from fear, humiliation, and 
hunger.  After Louis won, he told himself 
that he would never let this happen again.

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He was going to be a different type of king, 
he was going to be the type of king that’s 
so big no one would ever think of challenging.

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He chose the sun as his symbol and decided 
he would be known as the sun king.

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As we all know, the sun looks after us and 
is something we can all admire.

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The earth revolves around the sun just like 
how the people revolve around him.

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One of Louis’s most famous quotes is “I am 
the state.”

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He wasn’t going to be like his father, he 
was gonna rule the country himself.

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He didn’t appoint a first minister. Louis 
was his own first minister and would make 
all the final decisions.

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Another famous quote is “One king, one law, 
one faith.”

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He makes nobles attend to him regularly at 
Versailles.

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Anyone who is anybody was supposed to be 
there where Louis was and compete with Louis’s 
favor.

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So If you’re a noble and thought: oh I’m 
not gonna go over there. Well, when you needed 
a favor, Louis would gonna be like: huh who?

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I don’t know this man, he never comes to 
find me, get him out of here.

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Louis found a way to earn Independent Revenue. 
He would sell titles to new nobles and replace 
the old ones.

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Now the thing is, the new nobles would pay 
the money but later on, they would have all 
kinds of tax exemptions.

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So Louis has got lots of money in his bag, 
but he’s stealing from later generations 
and this is

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starting the process of financial ruin which 
is eventually going to lead to the French 
revolution.

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Louis would, later on, fight in 4 wars in 
which he made France a lot stronger and he 
also weakened their rivals.

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But, from all the wars, he also created alot 
of depts in France.

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Louis XIV died in 1715, four days shy of 
his 77th birthday. His last words were “I 
am leaving you, but the state remains forever.”

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yes he's leaving and yes he has been in many 
wars and tried to consolidate his power,

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but he had also built a nation he didn’t 
do it just for his ego, he also did it for 
France.