The rule of Louis XIV was a gold age of France with flowering of culture, with the improvements in every aspect of life. France of his time made HUGE contributions to the Western culture and whole world.
Comparing the Saudi countless princes to the The Sun King is does not do them any favor.
Louis XIV was a tyrant of the worst sort. France began its descent into the Pit with his reign and it's never recovered. There were no cultural advances made during his reign and he set back the cause of religious freedom centuries.