What was really the context and intent of Louis XIV's pronouncement: "Apres moi l'deluge!"?

Question

1.Let my descendants pay for my excesses.

2. I set the style; after me shall come a flood of mediocrity.

3. I am the peak of my line; after me is sheer decline.

4. any other

Answer 1

means "after me come the floods"

He was hated by the French people and his reign seeded the resentment towards the monarchy that eventually led to the French Revolution

perhaps 1?

Answer 2

'Apres moi la deluge?'

It means "After me, the flood." Exactly what he meant by it is not entirely clear to me. But probably 3. He was a bit of a megalomaniac, he also, famously, said "L'etat c'est moi," so he probably implied decline after his rule rather than mediocrity.

I'm afraid I don't know the specific context though, it could be B. Why don't you look it up!

Answer 3

The second choice.

He was like too s**y for his clothes.