Louis XV Biography

Louis XV biography

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NAME: Louis XV
OCCUPATION: King
BIRTH DATE: February 15, 1710
DEATH DATE: May 10, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH: Versailles, France

PLACE OF DEATH: Versailles, France
AKA: Louis le Bien-Aime

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Louis XV was king of France from 1715 to 1774 whose rule contributed to the decline of royal authority that led to the French Revolution in 1789.

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Because Louis XV’s parents and surviving brother had died, he became king at the age of 5 on the death of Louis XIV. As a result of France’s lack of strength in the Seven Years’ War, by 1763 Louis had lost to the British almost all France’s colonial possessions in North America and India. While Louis had been loved in his youth, he had earned the contempt of his subjects and died a hated man.