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Louis XV of France

1710 - 1774

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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 in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defined as his 13th birthday) in 1723, the kingdom was ruled by his grand-uncle Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, as Regent of France. Cardinal Fleury was chief minister from 1726 until his death in 1743, at which time the king took sole control of the kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis XV of France is the 79th most popular politician (down from 45th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from France (down from 13th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Politician.

Louis XV was the king of France from 1715 to 1774. He is most famous for his extravagant lifestyle and his controversial marriage to Marie Antoinette.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis XV of France ranks 79 out of 19,576. Before him are Musa I of Mali, Hafez al-Assad, Nero, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Henry VI of England. After him are William IV of the United Kingdom, Edward IV of England, Cyrus the Great, Peter the Great, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and Haile Selassie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1710, Louis XV of France ranks 1. After him are Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, Thomas Reid, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Muhammad bin Saud, András Hadik, Domenico Alberti, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Thomas Arne, and Carl Alexander Clerck. Among people deceased in 1774, Louis XV of France ranks 1. After him are Pope Clement XIV, Robert Clive, François Quesnay, Charles Marie de La Condamine, Niccolò Jommelli, Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, Jacques-François Blondel, Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Oliver Goldsmith, and Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis XV of France ranks 17 out of 6,770. Before him are Jules Verne (1828), Molière (1622), Montesquieu (1689), Maximilien Robespierre (1758), Jean-Paul Sartre (1905), and Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807). After him are Edward IV of England (1442), Alexandre Dumas (1802), Charles de Gaulle (1890), Nostradamus (1503), Honoré de Balzac (1799), and Henri Matisse (1869).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis XV of France ranks 6. Before him are Napoleon (1769), Louis XIV of France (1638), Louis XVI of France (1754), Maximilien Robespierre (1758), and Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807). After him are Edward IV of England (1442), Caracalla (188), Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122), Louis XIII of France (1601), Napoleon III (1808), and Louis XVIII of France (1755).

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