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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.
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.
Aug 24, 2019 · Explore the life and times of France's King Louis XV, the ruler who started out as 'The Well-Beloved,' but died a hated man, on Biography.com.
Louis XV, dit « le Bien-Aimé », né le 15 février 1710 à Versailles et mort le 10 mai 1774 dans la même ville, est un roi de France et de Navarre. Membre de la maison de Bourbon, il règne sur le royaume de France du 1 er septembre 1715 à sa mort. Il est le seul roi de France à naître et mourir au château de Versailles.
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Louis XV, (born Feb. 15, 1710, Versailles, France—died May 10, 1774, Versailles), King of France (1715–74). An orphan from age three, Louis succeeded to the throne on the death of his great-grandfather Louis XIV (1715), under the regency of Philippe II, duke d’Orléans (1674–1723).
King of France and Navarre 1710-1774. Acceding to the throne in 1715, Louis XV came to be known as “le Bien-Aimé” (the Beloved). In 1722 he moved the Court and the seat of government back to the Palace of Versailles, which had been abandoned after the death of Louis XIV.