After a few battles, a political compromise was reached; the Peace of Rueil was signed, and the court returned to Paris.

In an attempt to avoid war, Louis signed the Treaty of the Hague with William III of England in 1698. Scribd è il più grande sito di social reading e publishing al mondo. Parliament declared the throne vacant, and offered it to James's daughter Mary II and his son-in-law and nephew William.

Despite military defeat, his ally Sweden regained much of their losses under the 1679 treaties of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Fontainebleau and Lund imposed on Denmark-Norway and Brandenburg.[37]. [48] Moreover, by entertaining, impressing, and domesticating them with extravagant luxury and other distractions, Louis not only cultivated public opinion of him, he also ensured the aristocracy remained under his scrutiny. [93] This included banning opera and comedy performances during Lent. Led into the royal bedchamber, they gazed upon Louis, who was feigning sleep, were appeased, and then quietly departed. It was Condé's sister who pushed him to turn against the queen.

Philip, Duke of Anjou, thus became Philip V, King of Spain.

He emphasised that, should it come to war, William III was unlikely to stand by France since he "made a treaty to avoid war and did not intend to go to war to implement the treaty". It remained there undisturbed for about 80 years, until revolutionaries exhumed and destroyed all of the remains found in the Basilica.[113]. [82][83] In desperation, Louis ordered a disastrous invasion of the English island of Guernsey in the autumn of 1704 with the aim of raiding their successful harvest. Toute la vie intime a la cour du roi, ses crises de goutte, ses deuils, les mariages et les guerres.

Johan de Witt, Dutch Grand Pensionary from 1653 to 1672, viewed them as crucial for Dutch security and against his domestic Orangist opponents. [92] Under the influence of his very religious second wife, he became much stronger in the practice of his Catholic faith. [98] Louis, King of France; Louis, King of France. [88], When he legitimized his children by Madame de Montespan on 20 December 1673, Françoise d'Aubigné became the royal governess at Saint-Germain. [15] The most important arrest, from Anne's point of view, concerned Pierre Broussel, one of the most important leaders in the Parlement de Paris. [130] [23] Louis was able to capitalize on the widespread public yearning for law and order, that resulted from prolonged foreign wars and domestic civil strife, to further consolidate central political authority and reform at the expense of the feudal aristocracy. To rectify the situation, Louis chose Jean-Baptiste Colbert as Controller-General of Finances in 1665.

Louis's extravagance at Versailles extended far beyond the scope of elaborate court rituals.

He allowed Classical French literature to flourish by protecting such writers as Molière, Racine, and La Fontaine, whose works remain influential to this day.

The E-mail message field is required. Louis also patronised the visual arts by funding and commissioning artists such as Charles Le Brun, Pierre Mignard, Antoine Coysevox, and Hyacinthe Rigaud, whose works became famous throughout Europe. For other uses, see, King of France and Navarre, from 1643 to 1715.

A conflict with Spain marked his entire childhood, while during his reign, the kingdom took part in three major continental conflicts, each against powerful foreign alliances: the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the League of Augsburg, and the War of the Spanish Succession.

His elder son and successor, Joseph I, followed him in 1711. Louis foresaw an underaged heir and sought to restrict the power of his nephew Philip II, Duke of Orléans, who, as his closest surviving legitimate relative in France, would likely become regent to the prospective Louis XV. As the Thirty Years' War came to an end, a civil war known as the Fronde (after the slings used to smash windows) erupted in France.

This major development in ballet played an important role in promoting French culture and ballet throughout Europe during Louis' time. This was a step toward equality before the law and toward sound public finance, but so many concessions and exemptions were won by nobles and bourgeois that the reform lost much of its value.[25]. An additional factor in Louis' thinking was the prevailing contemporary European principle to assure socio-political stability, cuius regio, eius religio ("whose realm, his religion"), the idea that the religion of the ruler should be the religion of the realm (as originally confirmed in central Europe in the Peace of Augsburg of 1555).[54]. Philip was the first Bourbon king of Spain, the country's present ruling house.

The Fronde years planted in Louis a hatred of Paris and a consequent determination to move out of the ancient capital as soon as possible, never to return.[19]. He saw the persistence of Protestantism as a disgraceful reminder of royal powerlessness.

He sometimes danced leading roles which were suitably royal or godlike (such as Neptune, Apollo, or the Sun).