This ship was originally planned to be a 2nd Rank two-decker to be built at Brest, but – following the loss of fifteen major French warships by Anglo-Dutch attacks at Cherbourg and La Hougue during the first few days of June, 1692 (N.S.)

She was designed by Étienne Hubac and laid down the same month at Brest Dockyard, and launched on 24 December 1692.

On 1 March 1693, the King agreed to Hubac's proposal and the names of the two ships were exchanged.

Hubac's ship was thus completed under the name Soleil Royal in April 1693 and brought into service.

She was scuttled in Toulon on Louis's orders in July 1707 to avoid being set alight by the bombardment by the English fleet.