King Of France Louis Xv

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French royalty, the son of Louis, Duc de Bourgogne, grandson of Louis le Grand Daphin, great grandson of Louis XIV whom he succeeded in 1715. He was king by right at age five, with the monarchy in Regency until 1723 when he was declared of age at 13. He was crowned three years later, 1726. He made a political marriage to 22-year-old Princess Marie Leczinski in 1725, the daughter of Stanislas of Poland; they had two sons and eight daughters. Weak and pleasure loving, Louis preferred affairs of the heart to affairs of state and was dominated by a series of mistresses and court favorites. His four major mistresses included the famed Mm. de Pompadour for 19 years, 1745-'64 and Mm. du Barry for six years, 1768-'74. During his reign, France had several wars. During the Seven-Year War, 1756-'63, Louis lost colonies in Canada and India to Great Britain. The people hated Louis for the costly and disastrous wars and his personal scandals and extravagance. His reign did much to set the stage for the French Revolution. Louis could see the coming disaster but cared little and was remembered for his callous remark, "After me, the deluge." King Louis died of smallpox on 10 May 1774 in Versailles, France. Link to Wikipedia biography