Louis XV of France, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre 1715-1774
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Place of Birth: Versailles, Île-de-France, France
About Louis XV of France
- 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.
- Until he reached maturity (then defined as his 13th birthday) on 15 February 1723, the kingdom was ruled by Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, as Regent of France. Cardinal Fleury was his chief minister from 1726 until the Cardinal's death in 1743, at which time the king took sole control of the kingdom. His reign of almost 59 years (from 1715 to 1774) was the second longest in the history of France, exceeded only by his predecessor and great-grandfather, Louis XIV, who had ruled for 72 years (from 1643 to 1715).
- In 1748, Louis returned the Austrian Netherlands, won at the Battle of Fontenoy of 1745.
- He ceded New France in North America to Spain and Great Britain at the conclusion of the disastrous Seven Years' War in 1763.
- He incorporated the territories of the Duchy of Lorraine and the Corsican Republic into the Kingdom of France.
- He was succeeded in 1774 by his grandson Louis XVI, who was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution.
- Two of his other grandsons, Louis XVIII and Charles X, occupied the throne of France after the fall of Napoleon I.
- Historians generally give his reign very low marks, especially as wars drained the treasury and set the stage for the French Revolution of 1789.
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Workshop of Louis-Michel van Loo
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Louis Michel Vanlò Louis Michel Vanloo | ||
| Description | French painter | ||
| Date of birth/death | 2 March 1707 | 20 March 1771 | |
| Location of birth/death | Toulon | Paris | |
| Work period | from 1730s until 1770 | ||
| Work location | Madrid (1736-1753), Paris (1753-1771) | ||
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