Contribution by Sherihan Ashraf Grade 10 Green Thank you Sherry :)

Louis was born in Saint-German on September 5 1638, the son of Louis XIII & his wife Anne of Austria. On may 14, 1643 his father died & Louis became a king & he was only 4. The country was governed by his mother till he grows up .Louis was unlike his father, he had an excellent health all his life. The reign of Louis is often equated with the great age of French culture; this age began under Richelieu & was clearly over before Louis died.Louis’s region wasn’t intelligent. At the same time he regarded himself as God’s deputy in France & would allow no challenge to his authority, from the pope or anyone else. As a result he was in a series of unedifying with successive popes. Louis was married to Maria Theresa daughter of Philip IV of Spain. Louis didn’t allow the pursuit of pleasure to interfere with his professional duties. History can see him fairer. He wasn’t the great as he always showed in all his life time. He was a very intelligent man who committed many blunders & several crimes. He did his duty as he saw it. He saw himself responsible to God for the good things that his people did& his personality was often strange. The greatness which France achieved in his lifetime was largely his doing. He died in 1715.