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France, Louis XIV the Sun King, 1643 - 1715
Under Louis XIV, the Sun King, France reached the apogee of its power. His reign began at age four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days; one of the longest of any European monarch. He fought three major wars: the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the League of Augsburg, and the War of the Spanish Succession. Louis converted a hunting lodge into the spectacular Palace of Versailles, and by compelling the noble elite to inhabit his lavish palace, he pacified the aristocracy and eliminated the remnants of feudalism. He consolidated a system of absolute monarchical rule in France that endured until the French Revolution.WO95907. Silver demi-écu aux huit L, Duplessy 1515A (1690D), Ciani 1890, SCWC KM 273.3, gF/aVF, toned, scratches, Lyon (D) mint, weight 12.950g, maximum diameter 33.9mm, die axis 180o, 1st reformation (rev. star), 1690; obverse LVD•XIIII•D•G (sun) FR•ET•NAV•REX• (Louis XIV, by the grace of God, king of France and Navarre), draped, bare-headed bust right, D 1690 • below; reverse CHRS REGN VINC IMP * (Christus regnat vincit imperat: Christ reigns, conquers, and commands), cross of eight L's with crown at each end, D (mintmark) in circle at center, fleur-de-lis in each angle; SOLD
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