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Louis XIV
     
Louis XIV
(1638-1715) the King of France from 1643 to 1715. He was the called the 'Sun King' and his court at Versailles was very beautiful and expensively decorated. He supported important artists and writers, and people think of the time when he was King as a great period in French history.
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