1. France’s Absolute Monarchy

2.  Parliamentary Monarchy—England  Absolute Monarchy—France  (Republic—Netherlands)

3.  Chief minister to King Louis XIII and Marie de Medici (mother of Louis and regent ruler during the first part of his reign). Henry IV Maria de Medici Louis XIII

4.  Chief minister of France from 1642-1661.  Chief minister for:  Louis XIII  Regent ruler Anne of Austria  Louis XIV

5.  Louis XIII dies in 1643  Louis XIV takes the throne at age five.  Rules until 1715

6.  Louis XIV does NOT appoint a new chief minister after the death of Cardinal Mazarin in 1661.  Assumes personal control of the French government at age 23.

7. Portrait of King Louis XIV by Hyacinthe Rigaud “Divine Right of Kings”—Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet “L’état, c’est moi!”

8.  Foreign affairs:  Early wars  Later wars ▪ Nine Years’ War ▪ War of Spanish Succession  Religious policies:  Revocation of the Edict of Nantes—1685

9.  Palace of Louis XIV built from 1676 1708  Symbol of King Louis’ absolute power

10.  Louis XV (1715-1774)  Cardinal Fleury (Chief Minister)