Louis XV | |
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![]() Louis XV by Hyacinthe Rigaud in 1730 | |
Keeng o Fraunce an Navarre | |
Ring | 1 September 1715 – 10 Mey 1774 |
Coronation | 25 October 1722, at Reims Cathedral, Fraunce |
Predecessor | Louis XIV |
Successor | Louis XVI |
Regent | Philippe d'Orléans (1715–1723) |
Born | 15 Februar 1710 Palace o Versailles, Fraunce |
Dee'd | 10 Mey 1774 Palace o Versailles, Fraunce | (aged 64)
Buirial | Ryal Bailica, Saint Denis, Fraunce |
Spouse | Marie Leszczyńska |
Issue | Louise Élisabeth, Duchess o Parma Princess Henriette Louise Louis, Dauphin o Fraunce Philippe, Duke o Anjou Marie Adélaïde Victoire Sophie Thérèse Louise, Abbess o Saunt Denis |
Hoose | Bourbons o Fraunce |
Faither | Louis, Duke o Burgundy, Dauphin o Fraunce |
Mither | Marie Adélaïde o Savoy |
Releegion | Roman Catholicism |
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Louis XV (15 Februar 1710 – 10 Mey 1774), kent as Louis the beloved (Louis le bien aimé) wis a monarch o the Hoose o Bourbon who ruled as Keeng o Fraunce an Navarre frae 1 September 1715 till his daith. He succeeded his great-grandfaither Louis XIV at the age o five. Till he reached maturity in 1723, his kinrick wis ruled bi Philippe d'Orléans, Duke o Orléans in what wis cried the Regency o Philippe d'Orlèans, his first cousin twice removed, as Regent o Fraunce. Cardinal Fleury wis his chief meenister frae 1726 till the Cardinal's daith in 1743, at which time the young king teuk ower sole control o the kinrick.