Definition of Louis XIV

1. Noun. King of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715).

Exact synonyms: Louis The Great, Sun King
Generic synonyms: King Of France

Lexicographical Neighbors of Louis XIV

Louis Pasteur
Louis Quatorzian
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
Louis Stanton Auchincloss
Louis Sullivan
Louis Untermeyer
Louis V
Louis VI
Louis VII
Louis VIII
Louis Victor de Broglie
Louis X
Louis XI
Louis XII
Louis XIII
Louis XIV (current term)
Louis XV
Louis XVI
Louis d'Outremer
Louis le Begue
Louis le Faineant
Louis le Hutin
Louis the Bruiser
Louis the Far
Louis the German
Louis the Great
Louis the Pious
Louis the Quarreller
Louis the Stammerer
Louis the Wideawake

Literary usage of Louis XIV

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The present château was begun under Louis XIV by Mansart (1661), the gardens were designed by ... Louis XIV lived there in 1672 and constantly from 1682. ..."

2. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1866)
"The reputation of Louis XIV. originated in the gratitude of men of letters ... In 1661 Louis XIV. assumed the government ;" and from that moment until his ..."

3. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"Much, therefore, remained to be done ; and by Louis XIV and his most astute ... From 1688, however, to the Treaty of Ryswyk in 1697, Louis XIV found himself ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"Much, therefore, remained to be done ; and by Louis XIV and his most astute ... From 1688, however, to the Treaty of Ryswyk in 1697, Louis XIV found himself ..."

5. The History of France from the Earliest Times to 1848 by Guizot (François), Witt (Henriette Elizabeth) (1885)
"A vain attempt in the eyes of men, whatever may be the judgment of God's sovereign mercy; history has left weighing upon Louis XIV. the crushing weight of ..."

6. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson (1918)
"Louis xiv, x accession of 1643-1715. After the wars of religion were over ... Louis XIV carried the work of these great ministers still The govern- farther. ..."

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