Louis XIV and Musketeers of the Guard entering the citadel of Valenciennes, France after an 18 day siege in 1677. Louis XIV, 1638 – 1715, aka Louis the God-Given, Louis the Great or the Sun King. King of France. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

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