Le Roi de Soleil (the Sun King)
The Sun King It really wasn't a nickname as we think of them today; courtiers didn't walk up to him in the halls of Versailles and say "hey, SK. 'Sup?" It was more like an artificial title. He wanted to be associated with Apollo's power and beauty.
Because that is a name that he chose for himself.
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He was known as the Sun King.
Le Roi soleil - The Sun King
King Louis XVI
he claimed land for France when king Louis XIV was king
Louis XIV of France was known as The Sun King. he was known as the Sun King because of the idea that as the planets revolve around the Sun, so too should France and the court revolve around him