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Auction: 18038 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 3108

Autographs
France
King Louis XV
1768 seven page folio letter patent document on fine vellum signed "Louis"; two folding creases and some light soiling. An unusual document. Photo

Louis XV (1710 – 74) known as Louis the Beloved, was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as 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 in 1723, his kingdom was ruled by Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, as Regent of France. Cardinal Fleury was his chief minister from 1726 until the Cardinal's death in 1743, at which time the young king took sole control of the kingdom.

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