Louis XIV, the incandescent Sun King, ruled France longer than any monarch in European history. He transformed absolutism into art, dazzling Europe with Versailles’ splendour while centralising power with theatrical precision. Under his reign, France radiated cultural brilliance, military ambition, and courtly ritual, becoming the stage on which he cast himself as the empire’s blazing, inescapable centre. #France #historytok #historytime #historytiktok #monarchy