Louis XIV of France, also known as 'Louis the Great' was the king of that country from the year 1643 until his death in the year 1715. When he was four years old, he fell seriously sick, fearing the worst, his father named a regency council, and his mother, the Queen Anne, the head of the council. This was in effect until the year 1661.
Louis XIII from 1610 to 1643 - Louis XIV (the 'Sun-king') from 1643 to 1715 (but is too young too really reign before 1661)
a
Jules Mazarin, born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino (July 14, 1602 - March 9, 1661) was an Italian cardinal, diplomat and politician, who served as the chief minister of France from 1642 until his death.
He became king when his father, Louis XIII, died in 1643. (He was only five years old at the time, so he didn't actually start to rule France then. The Cardinal Jules Mazarin ruled in his place until 1661.)
In 1661 by Louis XIV
Louis the fourteenth was one of the kings of France, prior to the revolution (which happened in the reign of Louis the sixteenth). and also was called the sun kingLouis XIV, known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1643 until his death.
CARDINAL RICHELIEU, whose proper named is Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duke of Richelieu and of Fronsac, was the French Cardinal and Prime Minister of France who effectively ruled the country during Louis XIII's reign.
Louis XIV (5 September 1638 - 1 September 1715) ruled as King of France and of Navarre. He ascended the throne a few months before his fifth birthday. Louis remained on the throne until his death in September 1715, four days before his seventy-seventh birthday. His reign lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days, the longest documented for any European monarch to date.
louis the xiv was like a dictator.Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister.
He assumed personal control of the Government when Cardinal Mazarin died in 1661.
He took complete control of the government