Barbary Pirates less of a Problem

What possible POD would have the Barbary Pirates never be as much of a problem as they were in OTL?

Also what effects would this have to Europe? Would Southern Europe be stronger and North Africa weaker because of this?
 
What possible POD would have the Barbary Pirates never be as much of a problem as they were in OTL?

Also what effects would this have to Europe? Would Southern Europe be stronger and North Africa weaker because of this?

Let the Babary states being conquered by Louis XIV. during the 17th century. We could see an earlier emerging absolutist French Empire in North Africa.
 
Why would Louis XIV invade North Africa?

In 1681 Lois XIV ordered a large scale attack against the Babary states, especially Algiers. I wonder, how the situation developes , if he not only brings peace to the Babary states but also annexes the hinterland. (The babary states are Vasalls of the Ottoman Empire, so it means war between France and Ottoman Empire)
 
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