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The Marquise de
Montespan
(1640-1707),
the Kings
mistress from
1667 until 1680
JeanBaptiste
Colbert
(1666)
Louis XIV
leads his
army into the
Netherlands
in 1672
Elias
Hainzelmann,
Louis the
Great
(engraving,
1686): Ruler of
the world,
protector of the
Church
William of
Orange,
Stadholder of
the
Netherlands,
who landed in
England with
20,000 troops
in November
1688
After the
Glorious
Revolution,
King William III
(1689-1702) and
Queen Mary
forged an antiFrench alliance of
England, the
Netherlands, and
Austria
The
expansion of
Austria,
Russia, and
BrandenburgPrussia
around 1700
Hyacinthe Rigaud,
Louis XIV
(1701)
Le Nain
brothers,
Blacksmith at
his Forge
(1640s)