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KING LOUIS XIV AUTOGRAPH ON DRAGONS REGIMENT ORDER 1689 König von Frankreich

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  • Language: French
  • Place of Publication: Versailles
  • Type: Handwritten Manuscript
  • Special Attributes: Signed
  • Date of Publication: April 13, 1698
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Author: LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE
  • Region: Europe
  • Subject: History
  • Condition: The document is in a perfect condition
  • Material: Paper

    Description

    Order to the Regiment of Dragons
    S
    i
    gned by the King Louis XIV at Versailles on April 13, 1689
    King Louis XIV of
    France (5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), authentic,
    autographed manuscript document dated January 26, 1694. King Louis XIV was
    well
    known as King Louis the Great or the Sun King.
    He ruled as King from 1643
    until his death - a tenure of over 72 years and the longest of monarchs in major
    countries
    in European history.
    After the death of his
    Chief Minister, Cardinal Mazarin, Louis began his own personal rule of France. A champion of the system of absolute
    monarchical
    rule, much
    of his
    success was
    brought upon by eliminating
    the remnants of feudalism and by inviting several
    members of the nobility to live at the Palace of Versailles, for which
    King
    Louis had moved his family and the court of government to in 1682.
    The
    Royal Families of France remained at Versailles until the outbreak of the
    French Revolution in October of 1789.
    During Louis' reign,
    France became the leading power of the European countries and participated in
    three major wars: the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the League
    of Augsburg and
    the War
    of the Spanish Succession. Louis and his wife Maria Theresa of Spain
    had six children, all for which only one survived to adulthood.
    Upon his death,
    he was succeeded by his five-year-old great-grandson, Louis XV.
    Size of unfolded document: 19.2" x
    14.5
    " (48.5 cm x 37 cm), Signed and Watermarked