Louis XIV , King of France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...served as a pretext for the War of Devolution (1667 68...the third of the Dutch Wars , which depleted his treasury...number of cities, which Louis promptly annexed. Fear...of ; Grand Alliance, War of the ), which confronted...1697), through which Louis lost minor territories...of mistresses, Louis XIV finally came under the...