Louis XIV

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HOW WAS LOUIS XIV AN ABSOLUTE RULER?

Essential Question:

Cardinal Mazarin

• Ruled as regent for Louis XIV early-on

• Died when Louis was Twenty-Two

Leo

Impact of Louis XIV• The Real purpose of Versailles

Caging the Nobility(Serves as a way to centralize royal power, and remember, he was “The Sun King”

• Expanded French Territory with numerous wars– Premier power in Europe

• Ruled for 72 years; never called Estates General (Legislative Branch) into session

Revoking the Edict of Nantes

•1685•Forbade Protestant Worship•Banished Protestant Ministers

•What’re you going to do if you’re a Huguenot?

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