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The Reign of Louis XIV: Quiz on the Sun King of France

Test your knowledge about Louis XIV, the Sun King of France, with this engaging quiz covering his reign, personal life, significant events, and relationships.

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1 How is Louis XIV of France described?

2 Who is the father of Louis XIV of France?

3 However, these plans would have meant the destruction of much of the existing structure, replacing it with an Italian summer ________ in the centre of Paris.

4 To rectify the situation, Louis chose ________ as Contrôleur général des Finances in 1665.

5 What does the following picture show? Louis receiving the Doge of Genoa at Versailles on 15 May 1685, following the Bombardment of Genoa. (Reparation faite à Louis XIV par le Doge de Gênes. 15 mai 1685 by Claude Guy Halle, Versailles.) Siamese embassy of King Narai to Louis XIV in 1686, led by Kosa Pan. Painting by Nicolas Larmessin. Europe after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648

6 France also overran most of the ________ after Marsaglia and Staffarde.

7 Who was the successor of Louis XIV of France?

8 What does the following picture show? Le roi gouverne par lui-même, modello for the central panel of the ceiling of the Hall of Mirrors ca. 1680 by Le Brun, (1619-1690) Louis in 1690. Louis XIV (seated) with his son le Grand Dauphin (to the left), his grandson Louis, Duke of Burgundy (to the right), his great-grandson Louis, Duke of Brittany, and Madame de Ventadour, Brittany's governess, who commissioned this painting; busts of Henry IV and Louis XIII in the background. Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles

9 What is Louis XIV of France also known as?

10 Who of the following was a predecessor of Louis XIV of France?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Belgian early music ensemble, La Petite Bande, takes its name from Jean-Baptiste Lully's petite bande, a string orchestra at the court of Louis XIV.
  • the campus of Saint-Cyr, Gravure 1690 (pictured), a French military academy founded by Napoleon Bonaparte, used to be a boarding school for girls, Maison royale de Saint-Louis, during the reign of Louis XIV.
  • two cannons brought as gifts to Louis XIV of France by the Siamese embassy of 1686 (pictured) ended up being seized and used by revolutionaries in the Storming of the Bastille in 1789.
  • when the Château de Choisy was built for the Grande Mademoiselle, Louis XIV's first cousin, the garden designer André Le Nôtre's first advice was to "lay low all the woods that are there".
  • the levée of Louis XIV, the privilege of removing the king's nightshirt, was a great honour only accorded to a high noble.
  • the Luxembourg Palace, the meeting place of the French Senate, used to be the residence of Princess Élisabeth Marguerite of Orléans, who gave it to the King of France in 1694.
  • Alexandre Bontemps, senior head valet to Louis XIV of France, was a rich and powerful figure, feared by courtiers, whose behaviour was reported to him by the Swiss Guard.
  • Charles Angibaud was the royal apothecary to Louis XIV of France, but left France in 1681 to avoid persecution as a Protestant Huguenot and moved to London, where he was later Master of the Society of Apothecaries.
  • Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli (pictured) opened a French brasserie in 1686 that was permitted by King Louis XIV.
  • Louis XIV of France employed a native Chinese librarian, Arcadio Huang, to organize the royal library's collection of Chinese books.
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