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  2. Louis XV - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Madame de Ventadour - Wikipedia

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    She was the governess of King Louis XV of France, great-grandson of King Louis XIV. She is credited with saving Louis XV from the ministrations of the royal doctors when he was ill as a child. She was the Gouvernante des enfants royaux, Governess of the Children of France like her mother, granddaughter, granddaughter in law and great grand ...

  4. List of The Rose of Versailles characters - Wikipedia

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    Louis XVI (ルイ16世, Rui Jūrokusei) is the later King of France and the grandson of Louis XV. He becomes King after his grandfather death, but he loves Marie Antoinette so much, so he doesn't change anything for France. Later, the revolution begins, he has been captured with his family, but later is freed.

  5. Petit appartement du roi - Wikipedia

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    The arrière cabinet of Louis XV was rechristened cabinet des dépêches (1789 plan #8); however, Louis XVI continued to use the room as day-to-day workroom as his grandfather had (Rogister, 1993). The pièce de la vaisselle d'or (1789 plan #9) – originally the premier salon de la petite galerie – formed part of the appartement de Madame ...

  6. Louis XVI - Wikipedia

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    The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (son and heir-apparent of King Louis XV), and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became the new Dauphin when his father died in 1765. In 1770, he married Marie Antoinette. He became King of France and Navarre on his grandfather's death on 10 May 1774, [5] and reigned until the abolition of the monarchy on 21 ...

  7. Coronation of Louis XVI - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Louis XVI had come to the throne the previous year in succession to his grandfather Louis XV who had reigned for 59 years. It was the first coronation since 1722 and only the second since 1654 due to the longevity of the two previous monarchs Louis XV and Louis XIV.

  8. Charles X of France - Wikipedia

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    Charles was created Count of Artois at birth by his grandfather, the reigning King Louis XV. [citation needed] As the youngest male in the family, Charles seemed unlikely ever to become king. His eldest brother, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, died unexpectedly in 1761, which moved Charles up one place in the line of succession.

  9. Madame du Barry - Wikipedia

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    Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (28 August 1744 – 8 December 1793) was the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France. She was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution on accusations of treason — particularly being suspected of assisting émigrés to flee from the Revolution.