As a small point of information, he was also the longest-reigning monarch of Canada, tho' it doesn't appear in his titles. See this post on my old blog.
In full, he was Louis XIV, by the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France and Navarre; Count of Barcelona, Rousillon and Cerdagne; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois (Style until 1652) from 1652-1715 he was styled, By the Grace of God, Most Christian King of France and Navarre; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent; Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois.
From The Mad Monarchist (7 June 2014)
On this day in 1654, His Most Christian Majesty Louis XIV was crowned King of France. He would reign over the Kingdom of France for over 72 years and centralize power in his own hands, becoming known to history as the quintessential absolute monarchy. Most famous for saying, "I am the State", in fact King Louis XIV could have, with some justification, said, 'I am Europe' as virtually every major event in European history (and thus much of world history) happened because of an action he instigated or because of a reaction by others against some action of his. He was not always successful but for decades almost all of Europe revolved around the "Sun King".
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