Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death...

The furniture of the Louis XV period (1715–1774) is characterized by curved forms, lightness, comfort and asymmetry; it replaced the more formal, boxlike...

The Louis XV style or Louis Quinze (/ˌluːi ˈkæ̃z/, French: [lwi kɛ̃z]) is a style of architecture and decorative arts which appeared during the reign...

Louis, Dauphin of France (Louis Ferdinand; 4 September 1729 – 20 December 1765) was the elder and only surviving son of King Louis XV of France and his...

the French military. Upon his death in 1715, Louis XIV left his great-grandson and successor, Louis XV, a powerful but war-weary kingdom, in major debt...

Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765) (son and heir-apparent of King Louis XV), and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became the new Dauphin...

Le Louis XV - Alain Ducasse à l'Hôtel de Paris is a French restaurant in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Run by the chef Alain Ducasse, it holds three Michelin stars...

still on the throne. Upon the death of Louis XIV in 1715, the Duke of Burgundy's third son became Louis XV. Louis was born in the Palace of Versailles in...

lifetime. Louis Philippe was hardly fifteen when he and his young cousin Princess Henriette of France (1727–1752), the second daughter of King Louis XV and...

Crown of Louis XV is the sole surviving crown from the French ancien regime among the French Crown Jewels. The crown was created for King Louis XV in 1722...

chief minister to Louis XV. He negotiated the King's marriage to the Polish princess Marie Leszczyńska. In 1726, Louis XV dismissed Louis Henri as chief...

of Louis XVIII in 1824. Louis XV (1710–1774) Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765) Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1751–1761) Louis XVI (1754–1793) Louis Joseph...

grandfather Louis XIV in 1715, his father, the former king's nephew, was selected to be the regent of the country for the five-year-old new king, Louis XV. The...

fashionable resort of Parisians. Following the death of Louis XIV in December, 1715, his great-grandson, Louis XV, just five years old, was moved from Versailles...

defeats and commands"). Engraver: Jean Varin (1604–1672) Under Louis XV, mintage of the Louis d’or was at first reduced while John Law introduced paper money...

Huguenots under Louis XV refers to hostile activities against French Protestants between 1715 and 1774 during the reign of Louis XV. The members of the...

his great-grandson Louis XV. Louis XV was born on 15 February 1710 and was thus aged only five at his ascension, the third Louis in a row to become king...

ʁwa]) of the Palace of Versailles is a suite of rooms used by Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI. Located on the first floor of the palace, the rooms are...

facto capital of France. This state of affairs was continued by Kings Louis XV and Louis XVI, who primarily made interior alterations to the palace, but in...

became King Louis XV at the death of Louis XIV, and his second son inherited the Spanish throne as Philip V through his grandmother. Louis was born on...

Leczinska (French: [maʁi lɛɡzɛ̃ska]), was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter...

behind his father, the Dauphin Louis, himself the son of Louis XV and his popular Queen, Marie Leszczyńska. Although Louis was his parents' first son to...

(légitimée de France) of King Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan. Named regent of France during the minority of Louis XV, his great-nephew and first cousin...

one years later during the reign of Louis XV. After the death of Louis XIV in 1715, the five-year-old King Louis XV, the court, and the Régence government...

of France from June 1722, when Louis XV returned to Versailles, until October 1789, when a Parisian mob forced Louis XVI and the royal family to move...

France during the minority of King Louis XV of France) and his wife, Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, the daughter of King Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan. His...

smaller château built in the 1760s, during the reign of Louis XV). Between 1663 and 1665, Louis XIV purchased the hamlet of Trianon, on the outskirts of...

first cousin the young Louis XV of France. Organised by Philippe d'Orléans, Regent of France for the eleven-year-old Louis XV, the match was part of a...

Louis Joseph Xavier François (22 October 1781 – 4 June 1789) was Dauphin of France as the second child and first son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette...

impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress. Jeanne du Barry is a co-production...