- Known as the Sun King, he asserted his divine right to rule.- His chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu, helped to build a centralizedbureaucracy that ensured complete loyalty to the king.- Built a lavish palace at Versailles, just outside Paris; its grandeur came tosymbolize his wealth and power and was seen as a way to legitimize his authority.- Reflective of his absolute authority, the French nobility was invited to take up residence at Versailles while Louis and his ministers oversaw France's economic development, the making of laws, and the waging of wars.- At his death, France was one of the world's wealthiest nations, yet many in France were unhappy.- This person never called the Estates General, France's lawmaking body; he revoked the Edict of Nantes, which had extended religious protection to France's Protestants; and his participation in many wars left France in debt; continued discontent would eventually lead to revolution.

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