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May 23, 2024 · Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five.
May 9, 2024 · Louis XV (born February 15, 1710, Versailles, France—died May 10, 1774, Versailles) was the king of France from 1715 to 1774, whose ineffectual rule contributed to the decline of royal authority that led to the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789. Louis was the great-grandson of King Louis XIV (ruled 1643–1715) and the son of Louis ...
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May 2, 2024 · The star plays Louis XV in actor-director Maïwenn’s involving costume drama about the French king and his mistress. Curious place, Bourbon France. A courtier named Du Barry decides his station...
2 days ago · Louis XVI (Louis Auguste; French: [lwi sɛːz]; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765) (son and heir-apparent of King Louis XV), and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became the new Dauphin when his father died ...
May 19, 2024 · 986–987 Louis V (the Do-Nothing) Capetian Dynasty. Hugh Capet is generally considered the first king of France. He and his descendants would go on to face several conflicts to gradually expand and transform a small kingdom into the nation of France. 987–996 Hugh Capet. 996–1031 Robert II (the Pious) 1031–1060 Henry I. 1060–1108 Philip I.
6 days ago · Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great ( Louis le Grand) or the Sun King ( le Roi Soleil ), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign.
May 17, 2024 · Affair of the Diamond Necklace, scandal at the court of Louis XVI in 1785 that discredited the French monarchy on the eve of the French Revolution. It began as an intrigue on the part of an adventuress, the comtesse (countess) de La Motte, to procure, supposedly for Queen Marie-Antoinette but in reality for herself and her associates, a diamond ...
