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Louis XIV
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King of France, b. at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 16 September, 1638; d. at Versailles, 1 September, 1715; was the son of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria, and became king, upon the death of his father, 14 May 1643.
General survey
Until 1661 the real master of France was Cardinal Mazarin, under whose government his country, victorious over Austria (1643-48) and Spain (1643-59), acquired by the Treaties of Westphalia (1648) and the Pyrennes (1659) Alsace, Artois, and Roussillon, which had already been occupied by French troops since the days of Richelieu. As a result of the marriage between Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Austria, Louis XIV also acquired rights over the Low Countries. When Louis's personal government began (1661), France was the arbiter of Europe: she had re-established peace among the Powers of the North (Sweden, Brandenburg, Denmark, and Poland); she protected the League of the Rhine; and her authority in Germany was greater than the emperor's. At that period the power of France, established upon the firmest foundations, was perhaps less
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Antoine II Coëffier de Ruzé
French aristocrat (1638-1719)
Antoine II Coëffier de Ruzé | |
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Portrait taken from Volumes consacrés à l'histoire de l'ordre du Saint-Esprit. | |
| Born | 1638 or 1639 |
| Died | June 1719 Paris |
| Occupation | Courtier |
| Spouse | Marie-Anne Olivier de Leuville |
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Antoine II Coëffier (or Coiffier) de Ruzé (or Coiffier-Ruzé), Marquis d'Effiat, was a French aristocrat who born in 1638 or 1639 and died in Paris in June 1719. A grand seigneur with possessions in the Auvergne, Loire Valley, and Paris regions, he was a member of the court at Versailles and a keen hunter on his lands and those of the House of Orléans.
A member of the household of the two successive Dukes of Orléans, he has a sulfurous reputation due to his relationships with them. As one of Philippe I's favorite homosexuals, he was involved in many intrigues, notably against Philippe's two successive wives. Members of the court suspected him of having poisoned Philippe's first wife, Henrietta of England, and he was an enemy of the second, Princess Palatine Elisabeth-Charlotte of Bavaria. She refused to allow him to be governor to her son, the future Regent. Nevertheless, he played a role
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