Louis XIV Quiz

How well do you know this 17-18th century French monarch and his era?

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Personal details
House	Bourbon
Father*	Louis XIII
Mother*	Anne of Austria
Religion	French Catholicism
Type of dance he excelled at	Ballet
Greek God he portrayed in his first performance	Apollo
This gave him this moniker	The Sun King / le Roi Soleil

Reign
Length of reign (in years)	72 years
Form of monarchy	Absolutism
"L'État, c'est moi." translates to	"I am the state."
His chief minister	Cardinal Mazarin
	Jean-Baptiste Colbert
	Marquis of Louvois
Name of his successor*	Louis XV
The successor's relationship to Louis XIV	Great-grandson

Construction
Palace he constructed and reigned from	Palace of Versailles
Palace, now a museum, he renovated	Palace of Louvre
Retirement home for soldiers, now a military museum, he constructed	Hôtel des Invalides (House of Invalids)

Territories
Major American river discovered	Mississippi
US state claimed and named for Louis XIV	Louisiana
Major inland European region attained	Artois, Alsace, Franche-Comté, Flanders...

Nine Years' War
Countries allied in the Grand Alliance against France (1688-1697)	Dutch Republic
	England
	Holy Roman Empire
	Savoyard State
	Scotland
	Spanish Empire
Name of the war they fought	Nine Years' War

Patronage
Louis XIV's favourite artists
Playwright (e.g. The Misanthrope)	Molière
Composer (e.g. Le Bourgeois gentilhomme)	Jean-Baptiste Lully
Playwright (e.g. Andromaque, Phèdre)	Jean Racine
Poet (e.g. Fables)	Jean de La Fontaine

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