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Louis XIV (September
5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) ruled as King of France
and of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death
just prior to his seventy-seventh birthday. He
acceded to the throne a few months before his fifth
birthday, but did not assume actual personal control
of the government until the death of his First
Minister in 1661.
The reign of Louis
XIV, known as The Sun King (in French Le Roi Soleil)
or as Louis the Great (in French Louis le Grand, or
simply Le Grand Monarque, "the Great Monarch")
spanned seventy-two years—the longest reign of any
major European monarch. Regarded as France's
greatest king, Louis XIV worked successfully to
create an absolutist and centralized state.
Louis XIV increased
the power and influence of France in Europe.
He fought three major wars—the Franco-Dutch War, the
War of the League of Augsburg, and the War of the
Spanish Succession—and two minor conflicts—the War
of Devolution, and the War of the Reunions.
Under his reign,
France achieved not only political and military
pre-eminence, but also cultural dominance. These
cultural achievements contributed to the prestige of
France, its people, its language and its king.
Louis XIV was the
first to give permanent organization to the
artillery. He raised a regiment of
artillerymen in 1671 and established schools of
instructions. He and his ministers spent
prodigiously on their artillery.
By the king's
order, all French cannons were inscripted "Ultima
ratio regum." (The final argument of kings.)
Dimension:
36"
long (1/3.75 scale),
Weight: 100 lbs
Material: Wood and
metal
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