THE EARLY YEARS (1638 –1661)Īscending the throne at the age of four, Louis XIV was educated under the tutelage of his godfather and chief minister, Jules Cardinal Mazarin (1602 –1661), and under the day-to-day watch of his governor, Nicolas de Neufville, first marshal-duke de Villeroi (1644 –1730). Hailed as le Dieudonn é, 'the God-given', Louis XIV was the first child of Louis XIII (1601 –1643) and Anne of Austria (1601 –1661), born twenty-three years into their marriage.
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