Question

48/50
this absolute monarch weakened his nobles by forcing them to live with him and occupied them with ridiculous tasks.
louis xiv
phillip ii
frederick the great
james ii

Explanation:

Louis XIV, the Sun King of France, was an absolute monarch who weakened the nobility by requiring them to live at the Palace of Versailles and engaging them in ceremonial or trivial tasks to reduce their political power. Phillip II focused on Spanish empire and religion, Frederick the Great on Prussian reforms, and James II's issues were about religion and succession, not this noble - weakening method.

Answer:

A. Louis XIV