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    1 day ago · Catholicism. Signature. Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé ), [1] 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. Until he reached maturity (then defined as his 13th birthday) in 1723, the kingdom was ...

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  2. 4 days ago · Mary of Burgundy (French: Marie de Bourgogne; Dutch: Maria van Bourgondië; 13 February 1457 – 27 March 1482), nicknamed the Rich, was a member of the House of Valois-Burgundy who ruled a collection of states that included the duchies of Limburg, Brabant, Luxembourg, the counties of Namur, Holland, Hainaut and other territories, from 1477 until her death in 1482.

  3. Apr 21, 2024 · sister Henrietta Maria. (Show more) Gaston, duke d’Orléans (born April 25, 1608, Fontainebleau, Fr.—died Feb. 2, 1660, Blois) was a prince who readily lent his prestige to several unsuccessful conspiracies and revolts against the ministerial governments during the reign of his brother, King Louis XIII (ruled 1610–43), and the minority of ...

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  4. Apr 25, 2024 · Louis II (born Oct. 7, 1377, Toulon, Fr.—died April 29, 1417, Angers) was the duke of Anjou, count of Maine and Provence (1384–1417), king of Naples, Sicily, and Jerusalem, who attempted, with only temporary success, to enforce the Angevin claims to the Neapolitan throne initiated by his father, Louis I. In 1389 Louis inherited his father ...

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  7. Apr 18, 2024 · Olympe de Gouges, originally Marie Gouze was born on May 7, 1748 in Montauban (Occitanie region of southwestern France) and died on November 3, 1793 in Paris. She was a social reformer and playwright who advocated for all those she saw as under represented including orphaned children, and women (especially unwed women).

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