For 10 points, name this French king who reigned for more than seventy years, nicknamed the "Sun King."
This ruler agreed to a twenty-year truce with Spain in the Truce of Ratisbon ending the War of the Reunions. The Battle of Barfleur was part of a war sparked by this ruler's territorial ambitions, which were opposed by the League of Augsburg. This ruler's support of Philip V's claim to the Spanish throne led to a war during which he was thwarted by an alliance led by the Duke of Marlborough. Despite the efforts of this ruler's finance minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert, he nearly bankrupted his country with expensive military ventures such as the War of the Spanish Succession. For 10 points, name this French king who reigned for more than seventy years, nicknamed the "Sun King."
This ruler agreed to a twenty-year truce with Spain in the Truce of Ratisbon ending the War of the Reunions.
Louis XIV of France [or Louis the Great; or Louis le Grand; or the Sun King before mentioned; or le roi soleil before “the Sun King” is read; prompt on Louis]