Louis XV of France

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Bourbon monarch King of France human monarch

Louis XV of France was an 18th-century Bourbon king whose long reign saw both cultural flourishing at Versailles and mounting political and financial crises that weakened the French monarchy before the Revolution.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Louis XV 4
King Louis XV of France 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bourbon monarch ⓘ
King of France ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
birthCountry Kingdom of France ⓘ
birthDate 1710-02-15 ⓘ
birthName Louis de France ⓘ
birthPlace Versailles ⓘ
surface form: Palace of Versailles

Versailles ⓘ
causeOfDeath smallpox ⓘ
child Adélaïde of France ⓘ
Henriette of France ⓘ
Louis, Dauphin of France (son of Louis XV) ⓘ
surface form: Louis, Dauphin of France

Louise Élisabeth d’Orléans ⓘ
surface form: Louise Élisabeth of France

Marie Louise of France ⓘ
Philippe, Duke of Anjou ⓘ
Adélaïde of France ⓘ
surface form: Sophie of France

Henriette of France ⓘ
surface form: Thérèse of France

Victoire of France ⓘ
conflict Seven Years' War ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
War of the Polish Succession ⓘ
coronationDate 1722-10-25 ⓘ
coronationPlace Reims Cathedral ⓘ
countryRuled Kingdom of France ⓘ
deathCountry Kingdom of France ⓘ
deathDate 1774-05-10 ⓘ
deathPlace Versailles ⓘ
surface form: Palace of Versailles

Versailles ⓘ
dynasty House of Bourbon ⓘ
surface form: Bourbon dynasty
era Ancien Régime ⓘ
father Louis, Duke of Burgundy ⓘ
fullName Louis XV of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Louis XV
grandfather Louis XIV of France ⓘ
grandmother Maria Theresa of Spain ⓘ
house House of Bourbon ⓘ
knownFor cultural flourishing at Versailles ⓘ
long reign of nearly 59 years ⓘ
political and financial crises preceding the French Revolution ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
mother Marie Adélaïde of Savoy ⓘ
notableMistress Madame de Pompadour ⓘ
Madame du Barry ⓘ
predecessor Louis XIV of France ⓘ
primaryResidence Versailles ⓘ
surface form: Palace of Versailles
regent Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ⓘ
regnalName Louis XV of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Louis XV
reignEnd 1774-05-10 ⓘ
reignStart 1715-09-01 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Marie Leszczyńska ⓘ
style His Most Christian Majesty ⓘ
successor Louis XVI of France ⓘ
title King of France and Navarre ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Château de la Muette → associatedWith → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Madame de Pompadour → closeAdvisorTo → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Petit Trianon → commissionedBy → Louis XV of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Louis XV of France
Hyacinthe Rigaud → depicted → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Ange-Jacques Gabriel → employer → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Cardinal de Bernis → employer → Louis XV of France ⓘ
François Boucher → employer → Louis XV of France ⓘ
subject surface form: François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi
Madame de Pompadour → employer → Louis XV of France ⓘ
École Militaire → foundedBy → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Louis XV of France → fullName → Louis XV of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis XV
Madame de Pompadour → grantedTitleBy → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Capetian dynasty → hasNotableMember → Louis XV of France ⓘ
House of Bourbon → hasNotableMember → Louis XV of France ⓘ
French Crown → hasNotableRuler → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 → involvesRuler → Louis XV of France ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession → keyFigure → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Maria Luisa of Parma → maternalGrandfather → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Battle of Fontenoy → monarchOfVictoriousSide → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Duke of Choiseul for France → monarchServed → Louis XV of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Duke of Choiseul
Port Louis → namedAfter → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Kings of France → notableKing → Louis XV of France ⓘ
French royal court → notableMonarch → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Kingdom of France → notableMonarch → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Ancien Régime → notableRuler → Louis XV of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis XV
Académie royale de musique → patron → Louis XV of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis XV
François Boucher → patron → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Nattier, Jean-Marc → patron → Louis XV of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Jean-Marc Nattier
Louis XVI of France → predecessor → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans → regentFor → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Louis XV of France → regnalName → Louis XV of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis XV
Renversement des alliances → significantPerson → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Louis Dieudonné → successor → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Louis XIV of France → successor → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans → successor → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Château de Fontainebleau → usedBy → Louis XV of France ⓘ
Regent Diamond → wornBy → Louis XV of France ⓘ