LOUIS XIV of Bourbon (1638-1715) told the Sun King; the son of Louis XIII; succeeded his father in 1643 under the regency of the queen mother Anne of Austria; his youth was disturbed by the struggles between the parliament and the regency and disorders of the Fronde. In 1660 he married Maria Teresa of Austria and the following year; the death of the prime minister Cardinal Mazarin; began to reign autonomously. He considered himself a representative of God on earth; was an absolute monarch; but always pursued the interests of France; which under his reign increased its influence in Europe and in the colonies; introduced civil and criminal procedure codes; applicable for the first time in a uniform manner over the whole of France; could at the same time encouraging the development of literature and the arts in general in the country; but also directly by sponsoring countless artists. The court became a reference point for European culture; the economy found extensive development and France reached an unprecedented magnitude; nevertheless his death; after 72 years of reign; it is said there were irrepressible spontaneous celebrations; and the coffin was outraged when transferring from spit and mud launched from the crowd. Representation inspired by the portrait painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud in 1701. Lithography colored; nineteenth century France