Sun King

British  

noun

1. the. An epithet of Louis XIV

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Sun King Cultural  

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.

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Example Sentences

"He's just like Louis XIV," one retired American diplomat said to me, referring to France's self-aggrandising Sun King.

From BBC

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

A Sun Valley native and the district’s council member, Imelda Padilla, underscored the significance of resources such as Sun King Apartments in addressing homelessness, particularly with families in her area.

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