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Louis XIV had always feared a hostile Spain but that situation was taken care of by his death on 1 September 1715 when France was the dominant military power in Europe.
Louis XIV
Louis XIV has Versailles built because he wanted to distance himself from the Parisians and to keep the power within the nobility, this of course proved unsuccessful.
Louis XIV has Versailles built because he wanted to distance himself from the Parisians and to keep the power within the nobility, this of course proved unsuccessful.
maintain absolute power
King Louis XIV.
His goal was to transfer an European hegemony from the Habsburgs to the Bourbons. A French king had to be a soldier, and so Louis served his apprenticeship on the battlefield.
maintain Spanish control of the Netherlands.
No, Louis XIV is not single.
the french army became the strongest in Europe
Louis XIV was a Roman Catholic.
He helped them fortify their castles so that they would be effective military bases.