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Louis XV

Noun

Meaning

grandson of Louis XIV and king of France from 1715 to 1774 who led France into the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1710-1774)

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After the addition of the Hall of Mirrors (1678–1684) the king's apartment was reduced to five rooms (until the reign of Louis XV, when two more rooms were added) and the queen's to four. Source: Internet

All of his intermediate heirs predeceased him: his son Louis, le Grand Dauphin ; the Dauphin's eldest son Louis, Duke of Burgundy ; and Burgundy's eldest son Louis, Duke of Brittany (the elder brother of Louis XV). Source: Internet

"A Fractured Mirror: The Royal Portraiture of Louis XV and the Search for a Successful Image through Architecture, or, Versailles Is the Thing in Which We Will Catch the Character of the King." Source: Internet

At that time, Burgundy had two living sons, Louis, Duke of Brittany and his youngest son, the future Louis XV. Source: Internet

Artisans recreated the elaborate parure of different-colored gems known as the Golden Fleece of King Louis XV of France, which is arguably the most fabulous work in the history of French jewelry; this happened from 2007 2010. Source: Internet

But the Treaty of Vienna had infuriated the court of King Louis XV : the French had been ignored and the Pragmatic Sanction guaranteed, thus increasing Habsburg influence and confirming Austria's vast territorial size. Source: Internet

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