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Louis XIV
Portrait of King Louis XIV, by Charles Le Brun, c. 1655.
Louis XIV was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, on September 5, 1638. Specifically, he was born in the Château Neuf, a 16th-century structure located in the town.12