Louis+XIV+Notes+B

Louis XIV -	Broke French precedent to make him absolute -	Known as Sun King -	Expand France’s borers -> Defeated Spain, Netherlands, and the Holy Roman Empire -	Married with the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain -	Marriage made France and Spain allies and Louis the most powerful monarch in Europe -	Louis broke tradition and declare that he will rule by himself -	Encouraged arts – music, architecture, painting and sculpture -	His bureaucracy made France economically, politically and culturally high -	Made the religious group Hugenots go out of country against their religious practice -	Being the oldest king of France in two centuries, he remained full in power