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4 days ago · 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 ruled by his ...
- 1 September 1715 – 10 May 1774
- Marie Adélaïde of Savoy
4 days ago · The Palace of Versailles ( / vɛərˈsaɪ, vɜːrˈsaɪ / vair-SY, vur-SY; [1] French: château de Versailles [ʃɑto d (ə) vɛʁsɑj] ⓘ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about 19 kilometers (12 mi) west of Paris, France . The palace is owned by the government of France and since 1995 has been ...
- 1661
- Versailles, France
- Government of France
2 days ago · Life France, Aquitaine and Poitiers in 1154 with the expansion of the Plantagenet lands. Eleanor's life can be considered as consisting of five distinct phases. Her early life extending to adolescence (1122–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow till ...
- 9 April 1137 – 1 April 1204
- Aénor de Châtellerault
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3 days ago · The Bourbon dynasty governed France from 1589 to 1793 and from 1814 to 1830, creating an absolute monarchy that reached its zenith under Louis XIV and was overthrown during the reign of Louis XVI. Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, and Charles X all served as constitutional monarchs. It was Charles X’s attempt to institute a more absolutist monarchy ...
4 days ago · Michel Le Tellier (born April 19, 1603, Paris, Fr.—died Oct. 30, 1685, Paris) was the secretary of state for war (1643–77) and then chancellor who created the royal army that enabled King Louis XIV to impose his absolute rule on France and establish French hegemony in Europe. The son of a Parisian magistrate, Le Tellier became a procureur ...
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5 days ago · Attitudes towards uxorial sexuality, in particular, are readily evident in the case of Louis XII and Jeanne of France (chapter 17). Louis claimed that his wife was physically incapable of sexual intercourse because she was bewitched and the documents reveal a fascinating and embarrassing level of detail about their supposed sex life.
4 days ago · Louis XI was King of France in the latter half of the 15th Century. He did much to restore prestige in the monarchy and solidify its control over the realm. He was born on July 3, 1423, in Bourges. His father was Charles, whose father had been King Charles VI. Because of a treaty signed by that king in 1420, the king's son was not the Dauphin ...
