Breathe
By Marilú Acosta
Louis XIV (France, 1638-1715), also known as The Great or The Sun King, reigned in France for 72 years. He began his reign at the age of 4, with his mother as Regent and an Italian Prime Minister named Jules Mazarin (Naples, 1602-1661). This Sun King made Mazarin a Cardinal, without being a priest; he built him a Palace at Versailles and made France the first European power, from different fields: economic, military, diplomatic, cultural, religious and nobiliary.
After 23 years of marriage, Louis XIII and Anne of Austria manage to see the birth of their first son, whom they baptize as Louis-Dieudonné (Louis given by God). Louis XIV not only feels the divine power by his birth, but also strengthens with it, the divine right to be King. Accustomed to be, do and have whatever he wanted, becoming an absolutist is almost an obligation. Despite concentrating the power of the kingdom in him, Louis-Dieudonné had plenty of time, what did Louis XIV The Great do in his spare time?
