# The Comédie-Française is founded in 1680 by royal order merging troupes as a dated public-theatre office

Date: 1680

## The fact

In 1680 Louis XIV ordered the merger that created the Comédie-Française. The instrument is that dated theatre office, not [Molière](/people/moliere)'s earlier plays as a twin. Louis XIV of France's documented role is: He ordered the merger after Molière's death. Actors of the Hôtel Guénégaud and Hôtel de Bourgogne formed the house. He did not write the plays.

## Context

Molière is already dead in 1673. Sharing surviving actors is required. The setting of The Comédie-Française is founded in 1680 by royal order merging troupes as a dated public-theatre office is the public file around 1680-08-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [social-cohesion](/drivers/social-cohesion) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Molière's own plays remain his. This is the 1680 house. Mixed effects of The Comédie-Française is founded in 1680 by royal order merging troupes as a dated public-theatre office are separate paths.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Britannica — Comédie-Française at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-XIV-king-of-France (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Château de Versailles — court theatre neighbourhood at https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/great-characters/louis-xiv (Établissement public du château, du musée et du domaine national de Versailles). Official carrier: Britannica — Comédie-Française (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-XIV-king-of-France; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Château de Versailles — court theatre neighbourhood (https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/great-characters/louis-xiv; Établissement public du château, du musée et du domaine national de Versailles).

Official or archival record: Britannica — Comédie-Française (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-XIV-king-of-France; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Improving path from The Comédie-Française is founded in 1680 by royal order merging troupes as a dated public-theatre office on 1680-08-01. A standing public troupe is a cohesion-and-culture path of medium-low weight. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

The attached driver is social-cohesion. The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of The Comédie-Française is founded in 1680 by royal order merging troupes as a dated public-theatre office under 1680-08-01 for Louis XIV of France. Established: a sourced public record of The Comédie-Française is founded in 1680 by royal order merging troupes as a dated public-theatre office under 1680-08-01.

Shared responsibility is part of The Comédie-Française is founded in 1680 by royal order merging troupes as a dated public-theatre office. Naming Louis XIV of France does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1680-08-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## People

- Louis XIV of France: https://factrail.ai/people/louis-xiv-of-france

## Drivers

- Social Cohesion: https://factrail.ai/drivers/social-cohesion

## Sources

- https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/great-characters/louis-xiv
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-XIV-king-of-France

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/l14-comedie-1680