He built fortresses around the country that kept France's borders inviolate for a century.
He reduced population pressure in France by the bloodletting in his endless wars, along with the attendant disease and famines.
He reshaped the French economy, ruining it with excessive taxation, endless building projects, and the revocation of the Edit of Nantes which forced the French Protestants, the most dynamic sector of the population, to flee abroad and enrich their new countries.
He sent France into bankrupt to achieve his goal.He has series of wars such as french-dutch war,league of augsbutg,war of Spanish succession,war of devolution,war of reunions.Then when he wanted castles to live in he had to pay for that so he went bankrupt cause he didnt have enough money from the wars to build one.He didnt do all of the work and left most of it to his deputies like Marzarin and Richelieu who did the work and were cruel and incomplete about it with the work.His aristocracy he got left his future heirs difficulty ruling the lands and couldn't handle the land and throne.
Louis XIV did many positive things for France. He established a very successful monarchy, created a powerful standing army, and boosted the power of France tenfold.
He built a beautiful palace called versailles. Supports art.
i believe that the creation of the palace of Versailles was a major accomplishment for king Louis 14th.
He managed to live to the ripe old ge of 76.
He the Palace of Versailles which is a French National treasure.
He was the longest reigning Monarch in European history.
Louis XIV left behind some beautiful architecture that was positive in the development of France.
King Louis XIV.
Louis XIV
======King Louis XIV
Louis XIII, King of France and Navarre (1610 - 1643).
Louisiana was named for King Louis XIV.
The French king Louis XIV.
Louis XIV of France was known as The Sun King. he was known as the Sun King because of the idea that as the planets revolve around the Sun, so too should France and the court revolve around him
he claimed land for France when king Louis XIV was king
Louis xiv was the King who boasted I am state.
King Louis XIV of France was born on September 5, 1638.
King Louis XIV of France was born on September 5, 1638.
Louis XIV fancied himself as "The Sun King".