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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 122. Chapters: Louis XIV of France, Louis XVI of France, Louis XV of France, Louis XIII of France, Louis XVII of France, Louis XVIII of France, Charles X of France, Louis Philippe I, Philip V of Spain, Philippe II, Duke of Orleans, Henry, Count of Chambord, Philippe I, Duke of Orleans, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orleans, Fils de France, Louis d'Orleans, Duke of Orleans, Louis, Grand Conde, Prince du Sang, Louis, Grand Dauphin, Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy, Charles, Duke of Berry, Louis Joseph, Prince of Conde, Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, Louis, Prince of Conde, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angouleme, Gaston, Duke of Orleans, Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, Louis Henri, Prince of Conde, Henri Jules, Prince of Conde, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, Louis, Duke of Brittany, Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Prince Charles, Duke of Penthievre, Jean Marie, Duke of Chateauvillain, Philippe, Duke of Anjou, Vincent, Count of Guingamp, Jean Gaston, Duke of Valois, Louis Marie, Duke of Rambouillet, Monsieur, Princess Louise of France, Princes of Orleans, Philippe Charles, Duke of Valois, Louis Francois, Duke of Anjou, Philippe Charles, Duke of Anjou, Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orleans, Xavier, Duke of Aquitaine, Madame Royale. Excerpt: Louis XIV (5 September 1638 - 1 September 1715), known as the Sun King (French: le Roi-Soleil), was King of France and of Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days. As such, it is one of the longest documented reigns of any European monarch. Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin. An adherent of the theory of the divine right of kings, which advocates the divine origin and ...
