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Louis XV

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Louis XV 1710-1774.
King of France (1715-1774) who led France into the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) and the Seven Years' War (1756-1763).
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(Biographies / Louis XV (1710-1774) M, French, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1710-74, king of France (1715-74); great-grandson of Louis XIV. He engaged France in a series of wars, esp the disastrous Seven Years' War (1756-63), which undermined the solvency and authority of the crown
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Noun1.Louis XV - 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)Louis XV - 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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On either side of the yellow marble mantelpiece, in Louis XV.
A Simple Soul by Flaubert, Gustave View in context
He was thought witty, thanks to his foible for relating a quantity of anecdotes on the reign of Louis XV.
An Old Maid by de Balzac, Honore View in context
In a large dining room stood the table at which Louis XIV and his mistress Madame Maintenon, and after them Louis XV, and Pompadour, had sat at their meals naked and unattended--for the table stood upon a trapdoor, which descended with it to regions below when it was necessary to replenish its dishes.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
 
 
 
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