text: **Louis XIV**
  
  **Louis XIV**(Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also 
  known as**Louis the Great**(*Louis le Grand*) or the**Sun King**(*le Roi Soleil*), 
  was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 
  years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign.[1][a] An emblematic 
  character of the Age of Absolutism in Europe,[3] Louis XIV's legacy is widely 
  characterized by French colonial expansion, the conclusion of Eighty Years' 
  War involving the Habsburgs, and his architectural bequest, marked by 
  commissioned works of art and buildings. His pageantry, opulent lifestyle and 
  ornate cultivated image earned him enduring admiration. Louis XIV raised 
  France to be the exemplar nation-state of the early modern period, and 
  established a cultural prestige which lasted through the subsequent centuries, 
  and continues today. 
  
  **Louis XIV**