Louis XV

noun

1. 1710–74, king of France 1715–74 (great grandson of Louis XIV).

Louis XV

noun

1. Louis XV17101774MFrenchPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1710–74, king of France (1715–74); great-grandson of Louis XIV. He engaged France in a series of wars, esp the disastrous Seven Years' War (1756–63), which undermined the solvency and authority of the crown

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As Barbara Walters might say—that is, if she were echoing French King Louis XV—“Apres moi, le deluge.”

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In 1745, Louis XV took as mistress one of the most notorious celebrities in all of Europe, the Marquise de Pompadour.

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Wonderful houses like Meridian House but 
still thriving with boiseries, Louis XV and paté en croute.

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His cool blue gaze took her in from the top of her large black feathered hat to the tips of her Louis XV.

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Here there is an evident contradiction, nor is it any way cleared up by the circumstance that personally Louis XV.

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The later style of houses are of the time of Louis XV., and many of them are good specimens of sufficiently ornamented dwellings.

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Louis XV used to combine excursions thither with his visits to Versailles.

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These institutions increased rapidly in number under Louis XV., and became the favorite resort of distinguished individuals.

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