Louis XIV

Louis XIV of France

Hello, my name is Louis the XIV of France. I was Born on September 5, 1638, to my father King Louis XIII of France and my mother Habsburg queen, I was my parents’ first child after they had been married for 23 years. In respect of this apparent miracle, I was christened Louis Dieudonne, meaning gift of God. My relationship with my mother was uncommon  for the time. My mother would spend all her time with me. We were greatly interested in food and theatre. I became of age on my thirteenth birthday, and I was crowned king of on June 7, 1654. Some people consider me to be an absolute monarch a reason for me to be considered an absolute monarch is that I had the longest reign of power in all of Europe’s history of rulers. I ruled from 1643 until 1715. I had complete control over decision making. I once said “I order you not to sign anything not even a passport without my command.” This explains that nothing is done around the monarchy without my command this also meant that I had knowledge about every single thing that was going on in my country. I was so strict about my absolute monarchy that I even removed limits of legislative powers. The only explanation for this is that I wanted to rule alone with no other ranks or nobles to stand in the way of my rules and commands.