the ledger of connections
The Connections of Louis XIV
King of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715) Every person recorded alongside Louis XIV in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Louis XIV in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Louis XIII of France, Anne of Austria
- Spouses
- Maria Theresa of Spain, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
- Children
- Louis, Grand Dauphin, Marie Thérèse, Madame Royale, Philippe Charles, Duke of Anjou, Princess Anne Élisabeth of France, Princess Marie Anne of France, Louis François, Duke of Anjou, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, Louis, Count of Vermandois, Louis César, Count of Vexin, Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon
- Siblings
- Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1638 to 1715.
Early Modern era
Christoph Jentzsch
April 13, 1599 – April 25, 1648
Historical figure
Early Modern era
Jean Cavalier
November 28, 1681 – May 17, 1740
Camisard rebel leader, Governor of Jersey
Early Modern era
Frederick the Great
January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786
King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786 (1712-1786)
Early Modern era
Peter the Great
May 30, 1672 – January 28, 1725
Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725
Early Modern era
Oliver Cromwell
April 25, 1599 – September 3, 1658
English military and political leader (1599–1658)
Early Modern era
Shah Jahan
January 15, 1592 – January 22, 1666
The fifth Mughal Emperor from 1628 to 1658
Early Modern era
Aurangzeb
November 3, 1618 – March 3, 1707
The sixth Mughal Emperor from 1658 to 1707
Early Modern era
Shivaji
February 19, 1627 – April 3, 1680
Indian Maratha king and founder of the Maratha Swaraj (Empire)
Early Modern era
Kangxi Emperor
May 4, 1654 – December 20, 1722
3rd Emperor of the Qing dynasty (r. 1661–1722)
Early Modern era
Qianlong Emperor
September 25, 1711 – February 7, 1799
Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1711–1799)
Early Modern era
Benjamin Franklin
January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
Early Modern era
Galileo Galilei
February 15, 1564 – January 8, 1642
Astronomer and physicist, father of observational science