The Most Successful Absolute Monarch in Europe was Louis XIV of France

Of completely the secure rulers in Europe, by far the best example of one, and the most powerful, was Louis XIV of France. Although Louis had some failures, he excessively had many successes. He controlled Frances money and had many different ways to get, as well as keep his power, and he knew how to delegate jobs to smart, but faithful people. According to the text book, an sheer(a) monarch is a king or queen who has unlimited power and seeks to control all aspects of society (McDougall little, 1045). In more(prenominal) simple terms, it is a ruler who can do just about anything without having to get permission from anyone, or having to worry about the repercussions. This was a trend that started in the 1600s by European leaders who were rich, and didnt like to be told what to do. These conflicts arose with the States-General in France, or Parliament in England who had substantial control. The first countries to have absolute rulers were the traditionally strong countrie s, such as England, Spain, and of course Louis XIVs France. In order to gain the power he desired as an absolute monarch, Louis used a few key techniques that were very successful. His first and most necessary step to get all control was to take all of the nobles power, and move over it so they were completely under his control. He first did this by taking the nobles positions of power, and either getting rid of them by doing it himself, or giving the jobs to loyal middleclass or some nobles who were completely loyal and under his control. Louis had very simple reasoning for doing this, which was that if the nobles had any power or control, they would have a better chance of overthrowing him, and that since at that place can only be so much total power, the more they had, the less ... ...s was from a military stand point, which was rare for him. In 1667, Louis attacked a specify of the Netherlands that was owned by the Spanish. This resulted in the gaining of 12 towns, whic h encouraged Louis to attack the Dutch Netherlands, which did gain him a few wealthy port towns, before ending in disaster. Louis last great success was the building of the Palace of Versailles, which as described earlier was a feat never before matched by a ruler. Of all the absolute rulers in European history, Louis XIV of France was the most powerful, and the best example because of his successes, being able to continue his complete control even after failures, his dexterity to be able to use Frances money in any way he wanted, such as the Place of Versailles, taking away the nobles power, and his might to delegate impotant jobs to smart yet loyal people.