French "Sun King" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV" id="mwTQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Louis XIV">Louis XIV</a> begins his personal rule of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" id="mwTg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="France">France</a> after the death of his premier, the Cardinal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Mazarin" id="mwTw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cardinal Mazarin">Mazarin</a>.<sup about="#mwt50" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"CatEn"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-CatEn-8"}}' id="cite_ref-CatEn_8-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_10#cite_note-CatEn-8" id="mwUA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwUQ">[8]</span></a></sup>