Louis XIV — The Return of the Musketeers Character Profile

About Louis XIV

Young king, target of assassination in the third film.

Louis XIV — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Royal authority, Symbolic leadership, Resilience, Political navigation, Diplomacy

• Strength: 3/10
• Intelligence: 5/10
• Charisma: 6/10
• Morality: 7/10
• Influence: 6.5/10

Affiliations

• New Monarchs

Quick Facts about Louis XIV

Occupation

monarch, actor, politician

Manner of Death

Natural causes

Louis XIV's Known Relations

• Anne of Austria — Mother
• Louis XIII of France — Father
• New Monarchs — Member of
• Maria Theresa of Spain — Spouse
• Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon — Spouse
• Philippe I, Duke of Orléans — Sibling
• Françoise Marie de Bourbon — Child
• Louise Françoise de Bourbon — Child
• Marie Anne de Bourbon — Child
• Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine — Child
• Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse — Child
• Princess Marie Anne of France — Child
• Louis, Grand Dauphin — Child
• Princess Anne Élisabeth of France — Child
• Marie Thérèse, Madame Royale — Child
• Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon — Child
• Philippe Charles, Duke of Anjou — Child
• Louis, Count of Vermandois — Child
• Louise de Maisonblanche — Child
• Louis César, Count of Vexin — Child
• Louis François, Duke of Anjou — Child
• Charles de La Baume Le Blanc — Child
• Philippe de Bourbon — Child
• unknown son Bourbon — Child
• louise Françoise de Bourbon — Child
• unnamed son de Bourbon — Child
• Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Duchess of Fontanges — Unmarried partner
• Madame de Montespan — Unmarried partner
• Louise de La Vallière — Unmarried partner
• Marie Mancini — Unmarried partner
• Olympia Mancini — Unmarried partner
• Catherine Bellier — Unmarried partner
• Catherine Charlotte de Gramont — Unmarried partner
• Anne de Rohan-Chabot — Unmarried partner
• Claude de Vin des Œillets — Unmarried partner
• Isabelle de Ludres — Unmarried partner
• Bonne de Pons d'Heudicourt — Unmarried partner
• Anne-Madeleine de Conty d'Argencourt — Unmarried partner
• Julie de Châteaubriant — Unmarried partner

Louis XIV appears in 7 titles

• The Iron Mask (1929) — character page
• Angelique (1964) — character page
• Angelique: The Road to Versailles (1965) — character page
• Angelique and the King (1966) — character page
• The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) — character page
• The King's Musketeers (2018) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

David Tristan Birkin

Appears in

The Return of the Musketeers (1989)

Role

Minor

Relationships (1)

• Louis XIV — Power Protected Sovereign — D'Artagnan (Michael York)

  D'Artagnan defends Louis XIV during the final royal crisis.

  The musketeers stop an attempt to kill Louis XIV, placing D'Artagnan in the role of protector of the young king.

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