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Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.

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Louis XIV
Age: 76 †
Born: 1638
Born: September 5
Died: 1715
Died: September 1
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Chateau de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
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roi de France Louis XIV
Louis Le Grand Monarque
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Rey de Francia Luis XIV
The Sun King
King of France Ludwig XIV
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Le Roi Soleil
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