Sun King

noun

1. the. An epithet of Louis XIV

Sun King

1. A nickname for Louis xiv that captures the magnificence of his court and of the Palace of Versailles , which he built. Louis himself adopted the sun as his emblem.

Example Sentences

Louis XVI — the Sun King — and Queen Marie Antoinette held lavish banquets at Versailles before they were beheaded during the French revolution.

From Seattle Times

Commissioned by France’s King Louis XIV, or Sun King, the stables were built between 1679 and 1682 opposite the palace’s main entrance.

From Seattle Times

In September, they discovered the Sun King complex through the district, receiving assistance from Many Mansions and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, or HACLA, for the paperwork process.

From Los Angeles Times

Not to King Louis XIII, who formerly authorized the slave trade in 1642, or his son, the Sun King, who introduced slavery’s legal code, both of whose remains are buried inside the gothic building.

From New York Times

It was the same in Versailles, with a secure distance between the diners at the banquet and the ordinary people that the Sun King Louis XIV would have appreciated.

From BBC