Louis XIV
1638–1715
French Sun King who built Versailles.
Louis XIV (1638–1715) was a king, born in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye and died in Versailles.
- Known as
- King
- Category
- Leaders & Baddies
- Born
- 1638, Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- Died
- 1715, Versailles
Alive at the same time as Louis XIV
- Shah Jahan 1592–1666, emperor
- Oliver Cromwell 1599–1658, statesman
- Christiaan Huygens 1629–1695, astronomer
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632–1723, microscopist
- Christopher Wren 1632–1723, architect
- John Locke 1632–1704, philosopher
- Robert Hooke 1635–1703, scientist
- Isaac Newton 1643–1727, scientist
- William Penn 1644–1718, religious leader
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1646–1716, philosopher and mathematician
- Peter the Great 1672–1725, tsar
- Frederick the Great 1712–1786, king
Portrait: Hyacinthe Rigaud, Public domain.
