. The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations. XV., King of France, was thegreat-grandson and immediate suc-cessor of Louis XIV. He was bornat Versailles on Februar}^ 15, 1710,being the third son of Louis, Dukeof Burgundy. His father becameDauphin in 1711, and died in thenext year. The death of LouisXIV., in 1715, after the unparalleledreign of seventy-two years, left thischild, five years old, the legal Kingof France. He was then of feebleconstitution, and appeared unlikely to attain manhood. ACouncil of Regency was appointed, of which the Duke ofOrleans was nam
. The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations. XV., King of France, was thegreat-grandson and immediate suc-cessor of Louis XIV. He was bornat Versailles on Februar}^ 15, 1710,being the third son of Louis, Dukeof Burgundy. His father becameDauphin in 1711, and died in thenext year. The death of LouisXIV., in 1715, after the unparalleledreign of seventy-two years, left thischild, five years old, the legal Kingof France. He was then of feebleconstitution, and appeared unlikely to attain manhood. ACouncil of Regency was appointed, of which the Duke ofOrleans was named president and entrusted with the guard-ianship and education of the youthful sovereign. But thewhims and sports of the royal boy were little interfered withby his obsequious tutors and attendants. The early victories, as well as the later defeats of LouisXIV., had been frightfully expensive, and when the GrandIVIonarch passed away, the debts thus incurred pressed withredoubled force on the impoverished people of France. Dur-ing the Regency, though the splendor of
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