What was the name of the enormous palace that Louis ordered to be built?
Versailles
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What did Louis choose as his emblem?
the Sun
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What did the king's minister, Cardinal Mazarin, continually remind him of?
That the king should be treated like a god and rule with a strict hand.
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How old was Louis XIV when he became king?
four years, eight months
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Louis XIV ruled for over ____________________ years.
50
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When Cardinal Mazarin died, what surprising announcement did the young king make?
That he would rule without any ministers to advise him.
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What catastrophes did Louis XIV face later in life?
His son died of smallpox, his grandson and his grandson's wife died, another grandson was killed falling from a horse, Louis got gangrene (an infectio...
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Describe Versailles
A Hall of Mirrors with seventeen mirrors, a solid silver throne, hundreds of statues of Greek gods with Louis' face
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Who was Louis XIV's father?
Louis XIII
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What problems did Louis XIV leave behind him?
His wars and expensive lifestyle cost the French people greatly in both money and in French lives
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Louis XIV was the king of what country?
France
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During Louis XIV's reign, France became the ______________________ and most _______________________ nation on earth