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Also Known As Louis the Great • Louis le Grand Monarque • The Sun King • Louis the Grand Monarch • Louis le Grand • Le Roi Soleil
Born September 5, 1638 • Saint-Germain-en-Laye • France
Died September 1, 1715 (aged 76) • Versailles • France
Title / Office king (1642-1715), France
House / Dynasty house of Bourbon
Notable Family Members spouse Marie-Thérèse of Austria • spouse Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon • father Louis XIII • mother Anne of Austria • son Louis de France • brother Philippe I de France, duc d’Orléans
Role In Dutch War • Siege of Maastricht • Treaty of Dover • War of Devolution • War of the Grand Alliance • War of the Spanish Succession

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