Louis+XIV

Anil Tharani P.4

Paragraph ideas: Louis XIV ruling over France Wars of Louis XIV Flaws of Louis XIV

CD's: 1. 1661 to 1715-"Age of Louis XIV" absolute ruler 2-3. No tolerance, when Fouquet went against his wishes, Louis imprisoned him and replaced him with Colbert 4. Built palace of Versailles 5. Gambled lost him money. 6. Lived lavishly as evident by portrait 7. Love for war 8-9. 1667, Invaded spanish netherlands, triple alliance warded him off 10-12. Dutch War, stopped again by Holy Roman Empire, Peace of Nimwegen. 13. Annexed Alsace and Lorraine, led to War of League of Augsburg 14-15. Treaty of Ryswick, Louis lost everything except Alsace, waste of bloodshed 16. War of Spanish Succession, fear that France and Spain might unite and upset balance of Power 17. England, Holland, Austria, and Germany stopped France 18. Peace of Utrecht and Rastatt affirmed the thrones would remain seperate 19. Ruined France for centuries

Thesis: Louis XIV ruined France's chance at being a great empire due to his great love for himself and war evident by his losses in wars such as the War of Spanish succession and the League of Augsburg.