Which ruler said i am the state

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What kind of ruler was Louis XIV? Louis XIV was an absolutist ruler of France. He followed the principle of the Divine Right of Kings, which said that kings are given their right to rule by God and most answer only to God, not to the wants of their subjects. He was the king that said "L'etat, c'est moi" (I am the state).

history of Europe: Absolutism The most commonly studied form of absolutism is absolute monarchy, which originated in early modern By the 16th century monarchical absolutism prevailed in much of western Europe, and it was widespread in the 17th and 18th centuries. Besides France, whose absolutism was epitomized by Louis XIV, absolutism existed in a variety of other European countries, including Spain, Prussia, and Austria. The most common defense of monarchical absolutism, known as “the