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

Of all the absolute rulers in Europe, by far the scoop out example of one, and the most big businessmanful, was Louis fourteen of France. Although Louis had whatsoever failures, he also had umpteen successes. He controlled Frances money and had m some(prenominal) different ways to guide, as well as keep his power, and he knew how to delegate jobs to cleverness, but true people. According to the text book, an absolute monarch is a king or queen who has unlimited power and seeks to control all aspects of society (McDougall little, 1045). In more simple terms, it is a ruler who can do vindicatory 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 veridical control. The first countries to have absolute rulers were th e traditionally strong countries, much(prenominal) as England, Spain, and of course Louis XIVs France. In order to gain the power he desired as an absolute monarch, Louis drilld a some 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 make it so they were entirely under his control. He first did this by taking the nobles positions of power, and either acquiring rid of them by doing it himself, or giving the jobs to loyal middleclass or some nobles who were fetch uply 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 in that respect 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 dishonored a portion of the Netherlands that was owned by the Spanish . This resulted in the gaining of 12 towns, which encouraged Louis to attack the Dutch Netherlands, which did gain him a few wealthy port towns, earlier ending in disaster. Louis last great success was the building of the castle of Versailles, which as described earlier was a feat never in front 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 ability 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 ability to delegate impotant jobs to smart yet loyal people.