Louis XIV, the Sun King of France, born in 1638, became king in 1643 and achieved his age of majority in 1661. Until his reign, the last sentence on laws in France usually read: ‘In the presence and with the consent of the prelates and barons.’ Later that changed to: ‘Le roi a ordonné et établi par délibération de son conseil ’, ‘The king has resolved by deliberation in his council’.
