Ka kammala wannan jumlar: Sarautarsa ta soma ne a lokacin Yaƙin Shekara talatin da kuma lokacin yaƙin Faransa da Spain. Ma'aikacinsa na soja, Vauban, ya zama sananne ga sansanoninsa na pentagonal, kuma Jean-Baptiste Colbert ya goyi bayan kashe kuɗin sarauta kamar yadda ya yiwu. Faransa ta mamaye kungiyar Rhine ta yi yaƙi da Turks na Ottoman a
Yaƙin Saint Gotthard a shekara ta 1664. Kiristoci ne suka ci yaƙin, musamman ta hanyar jaruntakar sojojin Faransa 6,000 da La Feuillade da Coligny suka jagoranta.