Louis XIV produced a large well paid army and limited the power of his nobles. Having survived the first Fronde during his childhood, he had a great distrust of nobles and transformed them from being independent, potential enemies to court fixtures who were totally dependent upon the King's favor.
Louis XIV maintained authority in numerous ways: 1.centralised tax collection and military took a lot of the power from his nobles who before this time collected the taxes and provided the military for the king. Louis' system removed them out of the equation except as commanders--they no longer had their own private armies fighting for(or against) the king. 2.The Versailles system isolated the nobles from their estates and their people and had them under Louis' constant scrutiny. He built enough rewards in the system and enough controversy(the concept of precedence or who goes first) and etiquette to make the nobles waste a lot of time on social issues and not on causing rebellion 3.the Versailles system was also very expensive and the nobles spent lavishly to keep up. Louis even loaned some of them money to do so--further putting him in control over them. 4.censorship--the news was heavily censored in his day and he read all of the mail from his nobles before it was delivered
Louis xiv maintained his authority by saying his power came from God, he also distracted the nobles of France with courtlife: parties, chatting, hunting, and even sex. He kept an eye on them by having them watch him do everything, even have sex with his wife.
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Louis XIV was an absolute monarch, while William of Orange was a constitutional monarch.
The absolute monarch was named King Louis XIV. The answer to your AP History HW. ^_^
Louis XIV reigned from 1638-1715 for a total of 72 years. He is the longest reigning monarch in European History and in French history he is the longest reigning monarch consequently. The only other French monarch to come close to that length was Lous XIV's great-grandson, Louis XV (60 years).
Yes, he was. His grandfather, Henri IV of France, was the the first monarch of the Bourbon branch in France.
He indeed believ in Absloute Monarchy which was the political doctrine and practice of unlimited, centralized authority and absolute sovereignty, as vested especially in a monarch or dictator.
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As an absolute monarch.
Louis XIV was an absolute monarch, while William of Orange was a constitutional monarch.
The King was Louis XVI.
This is confusing. King Louis XVI was the monarch, since a monarch is a king.If you are asking what influence King Louis XVI had on the monarchy, you may be getting confused with King Louis XIV, his ancestor.Louis XVI's influence on the monarchy was to have it abolished, as he was King during the French Revolution.
Louis XIV, also known as Louis the Great, had the longest reign of any monarch in European history. He ruled for 72 years and 110 days. He consolidated a system of complete monarchical rule that lasted until the French Revolution.
Louis XVI.
The best example of an absolute monarch would be Louis XIV.