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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 ...

  3. 1 day ago · Louis XIV's successors, Louis XV and Louis XVI, largely left Versailles as they inherited it and focused on the palace's interiors. Louis XV's modifications began in the 1730s, with the completion of the Salon d'Hercule , a ballroom in the north wing, and the expansion of the king's private apartment , [ 83 ] [ 84 ] which required the ...

  4. 3 days ago · France - Monarchy, Parlements, Revolution: In 1770 the conflict with the parlements had reached such a level that Louis XV was finally goaded into a burst of absolutist energy. The Paris Parlements, which had dared to attack Terray’s financial reform, were dissolved on January 19, 1771.

  5. 2 days ago · The Château du Petit Trianon is a building located in the Petit Trianon estate in the Parc de Versailles, in the French department of Yvelines in the Île-de-France region. Built by King Louis XV's architect, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, between 1762 and 1768, it is considered a masterpiece of neoclassicism, combining the most modern taste with ...

  6. 1 day ago · Edme Bouchardon (May 29, 1698 – July 27, 1762) – a famous French artist of the 18th century, an outstanding sculptor who worked in the neoclassical style. He was also a skilled minter of coins and a draftsman, all his life he enjoyed the special patronage of King Louis XV.

  7. 2 days ago · Absolutism of Louis. Deputy-Vice-Chancellor and Professor of European History, University of Lancaster, England. Author of Government and Society in France, 1461–1661 and others. Conseiller d'État, a judicial rank in the Council of State, Paris. Director, Civil and Military Cabinet, Ministry of Defense, Government of France, 1981–85.

  8. 5 days ago · France, 1715–89. in France in History. Also known as: French Republic, République Française. Written by. Patrice Louis-René Higonnet. Goelet Professor of French History, Harvard University. Author of Class, Ideology, and the Rights of Nobles During the French Revolution. Patrice Louis-René Higonnet, Jeremy David Popkin.

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