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2 days ago · Louis XVI (Louis Auguste; French: [lwi sɛːz]; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French 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 when his ...
2 days ago · Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715.
4 days ago · Madame la Dauphine is the widow of Louis XV’s late son and heir, the Dauphin Louis-Ferdinand. Instead of being the wife of the Dauphin, she now finds herself the mother of the Dauphin. Her eldest surviving son, formerly Duc de Berry, is now the King’s heir.
3 days ago · Louis XIV's successors, Louis XV and Louis XVI, largely left Versailles as they inherited it and focused on the palace's interiors. Louis XV's modifications began in the 1730s, with the completion of the Salon d'Hercule , a ballroom in the north wing, and the expansion of the king's private apartment , [ 83 ] [ 84 ] which required ...
Sep 6, 2024 · The enlightened subjects of Louis XV and Louis XVI were increasingly convinced that French institutions of government and justice could be radically improved. Tradition seemed to them an increasingly inadequate principle to follow in such matters.
4 days ago · France - Monarchy, Parlements, Revolution: In 1770 the conflict with the parlements had reached such a level that Louis XV was finally goaded into a burst of absolutist energy. The Paris Parlements, which had dared to attack Terray’s financial reform, were dissolved on January 19, 1771.
Sep 8, 2024 · “Death of Louis XV.,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed September 8, 2024, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/750.
