Louis xiv lives to 116 years

Louis xiv lives to 116 years old with full mental faculties( that the record for oldest person in the world)how does that change france and world?
 
This is extremely implausible. Even in modern day someone living so old is rare. With 17th century medical knowledge this is probably impöossible. And stress wouldn't him any. Furthermore Louis XIV had already at age 60 quiet bad health. He probably lived pretty much as old as it was possible to him to live.
 
This is extremely implausible. Even in modern day someone living so old is rare. With 17th century medical knowledge this is probably impöossible. And stress wouldn't him any. Furthermore Louis XIV had already at age 60 quiet bad health. He probably lived pretty much as old as it was possible to him to live.

Yes, he suffered from a diabetes (not a big surprise, taking into an account his diet), and, with the dentistry being what it was, not just lost his teeth but had breakages in a jaw. However, it is not impossible to imagine him having somewhat healthier habits and leaving longer. Of course, making it over 100 was practically ASB but, say, 90s could be more or less realistic.

In OTL by the end of his life he was seemingly sane and even capable of admitting some of his mistakes and at least nowadays some of the people are retaining their mental abilities (or most of them) when they are over 90. So we can assume in that optimistic scenario that he has 13 - 15 extra years to rule thus eliminating the OTL regency. The obvious question is would this extended reign produce better results? In OTL during the regency France, except for a relatively short war with Spain France was mostly at peace but there was a serious financial problem caused by the “Law Affair”. How would it be different under Louis XIV?
 
I wouldn't consider this necessarily ASB. So if this were to occur, I would assume the Seven Year's War, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution may not occur or rather may not happen exactly the way they did in OTL, i.e with different people, motives, and outcomes in different times. I could see Louis XIV's many male-line descendants wanting him dead in order to gain the throne for themselves.
 
I wouldn't consider this necessarily ASB. So if this were to occur, I would assume the Seven Year's War, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution may not occur or rather may not happen exactly the way they did in OTL, i.e with different people, motives, and outcomes in different times. I could see Louis XIV's many male-line descendants wanting him dead in order to gain the throne for themselves.

Louis living longer does not mean that he is going to have the new children or that there are other survivors. So the succession is exactly the same as in OTL and the people around are pretty much the same. The question is if and how Louis manages to make France noticeably different given an extra couple decades.
 
Louis living longer does not mean that he is going to have the new children or that there are other survivors. So the succession is exactly the same as in OTL and the people around are pretty much the same. The question is if and how Louis manages to make France noticeably different given an extra couple decades.

I know, but his many grandchildren and great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren would want to rule. I might see some infighting for the crown, regardless of the fact that not all of them have the strongest claims
 
I know, but his many grandchildren and great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren would want to rule. I might see some infighting for the crown, regardless of the fact that not all of them have the strongest claims

By the time of OTL Louis death there were not numerous extra descendants (almost all of them died before he did) and the only potential competitor of Louis XV, Duke de Maine, had been dealt with promptly by Phillip of Orleans. With Louis XIV living longer even this potential competition does not exist.

Even if Louis XIV died earlier than in OTL, there would be no infighting because the rules of succession had been quite clear.
 
I know, but his many grandchildren and great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren would want to rule. I might see some infighting for the crown, regardless of the fact that not all of them have the strongest claims

There was quiet clear succession line. France wasn't like some Arab or Turkic monarchies where wasn't clear succession rules. Oldest male descendant on direct line will be next king. Anyone who tries usurp that will has very serious problems. And Louis XIV hadn't too many even great-great-grandsons. There is not way how his longer reign would cause some serious succession crisis.

Or do you think that queen Elisabeth II's death will eventually begin succession crisis considering how much children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren her has? Only way how European monarchy could face succession crisis is total extinction of ruling house.
 
There was quiet clear succession line. France wasn't like some Arab or Turkic monarchies where wasn't clear succession rules. Oldest male descendant on direct line will be next king. Anyone who tries usurp that will has very serious problems. And Louis XIV hadn't too many even great-great-grandsons. There is not way how his longer reign would cause some serious succession crisis.

Or do you think that queen Elisabeth II's death will eventually begin succession crisis considering how much children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren her has? Only way how European monarchy could face succession crisis is total extinction of ruling house.

Fair enough, it would be fun to watch and ASB
 
There was quiet clear succession line. France wasn't like some Arab or Turkic monarchies where wasn't clear succession rules. Oldest male descendant on direct line will be next king. Anyone who tries usurp that will has very serious problems. And Louis XIV hadn't too many even great-great-grandsons. There is not way how his longer reign would cause some serious succession crisis.

And we have evidence from OTL that the succession line was respected. Louis XIII became king at age 9, Louis XIV at age 4, and Louis XV at age 5. They were accepted without challenges.
 
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