With the aid of his top military ministers, Colbert, Louvois and Vauban, King Louis had the military expertise and financial backing to dominate Europe (Kagan pg. 469). His two early wars gained him much success and glory, but as the years passed and his top strategists died, his military lost power. Undaunted, Louis still persisted to gain lands and the results of his two final wars were not met with the same success. Much of this was due to the Grand Alliance formed against France led by Louis archenemy William of Orange, who became King William III of England (Kagan pg.

ordered that it helped trivialize their roles (Kagan pg. 467). Louis' desire for order was a reaction of a very disorderly time (Weber). Riches and luxuries surrounded Versailles, but it was also very regimented and disciplined. The food, clothes and entertainment of the court influenced polite society. Rulers from Russia, Germany and Poland corresponded to learn the latest rules of etiquette in the court. The perfectly ordered, perfectly regulated world of King Louis XIV became the model of society in his quest for world power and cultural domination (Weber).

474). The Alliance stopped France's march into Germany and Louis' quest for power. France would never again regain the military dominance of this century and was left financially crippled.

King Louis' reign by divine right was in fact a failure. His quest for foreign lands brought wid

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