Born on February 15, 1710, Louis XV was king of France for 59 years, from February 1715 until his death in May 1774. Because Louis XV's parents and surviving brother had died, he became king at the age of 5 following the death of his great-grandfather, Louis XIV. As a result of ...
2.Of or relating to a king-size bed:king sheets; a king bed skirt. tr.v.kinged,king·ing,kingsGames To make (a piece in checkers) into a king; crown. [Middle English, from Old Englishcyning; seegenə-inIndo-European roots.] ...
After his death, King Richard I was shot and his heart was interred separately from the rest of his body. Your majesty King Henry VIII was the first monarch in England to be addressed as ‘Your Majesty.’ High-end textiles King Louis XIV was known for his fashion sense, and he helped...
in 1659, just before the Restoration, he was created the Earl of St Albans. Created ambassador to France in 1661, he would go on to play a key role in helping King Charles II negotiate the secret 1670 Treaty of Dover with the French King Louis XIV. ...
Born on February 15, 1710, Louis XV was king of France for 59 years, from February 1715 until his death in May 1774. Because Louis XV's parents and surviving brother had died, he became king at the age of 5 following the death of his great-grandfather, Louis XIV. As a result of ...
It has been seen, by the account we have endeavored to give of it, that the entree of King Louis XIV. View in context In the country of Zouman, in Persia, there lived a Greek king. This king was a leper, and all his doctors had been unable to cure him, when a very clever phys...
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Louis XIII was the king of France from 1610 to 1643, who cooperated closely with his chief minister, the Cardinal de Richelieu, to make France a leading European power. The eldest son of King Henry IV and Marie de Médicis, Louis succeeded to the throne
To François Fénelon, the Roman Catholic archbishop charged with the moral education of Louis, duc de Bourgogne, the grandson of Louis XIV, the crucial issue was that kings should possess self-restraint and selfless devotion to duty, rather than that they should possess knowledge. The ...