One of this king's generals, Marshall Turenne, was defeated in the Battle of the Dunes, and his minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert welcomed Venetian glass in his country.
One of this king's generals, Marshall Turenne, was defeated in the Battle of the Dunes, and his minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert welcomed Venetian glass in his country. This ruler settled his conflict with William III of Orange and the League of Augsburg in the Treaty of Ryswick, and his Edict of (*) Fontainbleau nullified the Edict of Nantes. This ruler failed in his attempt to place Philip V on the throne of Spain in the War of the Spanish Succession, and he famously claimed, "I am the state." For ten points, name this French king who moved his palace to Versailles and was called the "Sun King".
One of this king's generals, Marshall Turenne, was defeated in the Battle of the Dunes, and his minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert welcomed Venetian glass in his country.
{Louis XIV} of France (prompt on “Louis”; accept “{Sun King}” before mentioned)