1659, PARIS, FRANCE: The King LOUIS XIV of FRANCE LE ROI SOLEIL (1638 1715) of the House of Bourbon. Portrait engraved for the pronstespice of book" Description de l'entree Du Roy et de la Reyne" engraved by Melar from original portrait by Dupenbeeck, Holland. Was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. Son of King Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, married with Maria Theresa of Spain, father of Louis, le Grand Dauphin, known as Monseigneur, but he died before his father and never became king.