This monarch's court was influenced by the theologian and bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet.
This monarch's court was influenced by the theologian and bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet. This monarch spent huge sums to repurchase Dunkirk and declare it a free port. He had the Canal du Midi completed to link the Atlantic with the Mediterranean in Languedoc. The trial of the Marquise de Brinvilliers was part of the Affair of the Poisons during his reign. After a huge feast at the Chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte, this king's minister Nicolas (*) Fouquet was arrested, allowing the rise of finance minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert. This king's enemies formed the League of Augsburg and lost the War of the Devolution. His Edict of Fontainebleau revoked the Edict of Nantes. For 10 points, name this French monarch who had Versailles constructed, the so-called Sun King.
This monarch's court was influenced by the theologian and bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet.
Louis XIV [accept Louis the Sun King or Louis le Roi-Soleil before mentioned; prompt on \"Louis the Great\" or \"Louis le Grand\"]