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Source/Further reading:

Britannica bio: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-XIV-king-of-France
History bio: https://www.history.com/topics/france/louis-xiv
Good BBC Radio bio showing a different side to Louis (two episodes): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05wyhns
BBC Documentary on Versailles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZtCFI3uwoM
Louis at Versailles: http://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/great-characters/louis-xiv#from-royal-residences-to-the-palace-of-versailles
The Sun King’s many affairs: http://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/key-dates/louis-xiv-and-his-women
The Fronde: https://www.britannica.com/event/The-Fronde
Franco-Dutch War: https://www.britannica.com/event/Dutch-War
Affair of the Poisons: https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/scandal-conspiracy-and-the-affair-of-the-poisons-inside-the-court-of-louis-xiv/
Battle of the Boyne: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Boyne
War of the Grand Alliance: https://www.britannica.com/event/War-of-the-Grand-Alliance
The Huguenots: https://www.history.com/topics/france/huguenots
Were Anne and Mazarin having an affair? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3618846/Was-the-Sun-King-the-kings-son.html