Who dated Louis XV of France?

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.

His reign of almost 59 years (from 1715 to 1774) was the second longest in the history of France, exceeded only by his predecessor, Louis XIV, who had ruled for 72 years (from 1643 to 1715). In 1748, Louis returned the Austrian Netherlands, won at the Battle of Fontenoy of 1745. He ceded New France in North America to Great Britain and Spain at the conclusion of the disastrous Seven Years' War in 1763. He incorporated the territories of the Duchy of Lorraine and the Corsican Republic into the Kingdom of France. Historians generally criticize his reign and maintain that his incompetence and extravagance weakened France, depleted the treasury, discredited the absolute monarchy, and diminished the country's reputation internationally. However, a minority of scholars argue that he was popular during his lifetime, but that his reputation was later blackened by revolutionary propaganda. His grandson and successor Louis XVI inherited a kingdom on the brink of financial disaster and gravely in need of political reform, laying the groundwork for the French Revolution of 1789.

Louise-Jeanne Tiercelin de La Colleterie (26 December 1746 – 5 July 1779), also known as Madame de Bonneval, was a mistress to King Louis XV of France from 1762 to 1765. She was the king's Petite maîtresse (unofficial mistress), rather than his Maîtresse-en-titre (official mistress).

Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchesse de Châteauroux (French pronunciation: [maʁi an də maji nɛl]; 5 October 1717 – 8 December 1744) was the youngest of five famous de Nesle sisters, four of whom would become mistresses of King Louis XV of France. Marie Anne was the King's mistress from 1742 until 1744.

Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour et duchesse de Menars, dite Madame de Pompadour, fut une maîtresse en titre du roi Louis XV, née le 29 décembre 1721 à Paris et morte le 15 avril 1764 au château de Versailles.

Introduite à la cour par relations, elle est remarquée par le roi Louis XV et devient sa maîtresse en titre pendant six ans, de 1745 à 1751.

Louis XV lui fait construire le Petit Trianon ainsi que le château de Bellevue, comme résidence, et lui offre le domaine de Pompadour, ce qui lui permet de devenir marquise et d'acquérir la noblesse. Ses origines bourgeoises lui attirent des critiques de la part de l'aristocratie.

À partir des années 1750, la marquise n'est plus la maîtresse du roi, mais conserve un ascendant en tant que confidente et amie. En ce sens, elle encourage l'aménagement de la place Louis XV — actuelle place de la Concorde — ou la création de la manufacture de porcelaine de Sèvres, proche de sa résidence de Bellevue. M^me de Pompadour apprécie particulièrement l'architecture et les arts décoratifs. Elle acquiert d'ailleurs en 1753 l’hôtel d’Évreux à Paris, aujourd'hui nommé palais de l'Élysée. La marquise s'intéresse aussi à la littérature et encourage la publication des deux premiers tomes de l'Encyclopédie de Diderot et d'Alembert.

De santé fragile, elle meurt d'une congestion pulmonaire, âgée seulement de 42 ans.

Lucie-Madeleine d’Estaing (1743–1826), was a French noblewoman, mistress to Louis XV from 1760 to 1763. She was the king's Petite maîtresse (unofficial mistress), not his Maîtresse-en-titre (official mistress).

Françoise de Chalus, duchesse de Narbonne-Lara, dame de La Bove (24 février 1734 à Chalus - 7 juillet 1821 à Paris) fut une maîtresse du roi de France Louis XV.

Marie-Anne de Mailly-Rubempré, marquise de Coislin ou Marie Anne de Coislin, est une aristocrate française et une maîtresse de Louis XV, née le 17 septembre 1732 et morte le 13 février 1817 à Paris.

Irène du Buisson de Longpré (c. 1720–1767), was a French noblewoman, mistress to King Louis XV. She was the king's Petite maîtresse (unofficial mistress), not his Maîtresse-en-titre (official mistress).

Marie Thérèse Françoise Boisselet (1731 – 1800) was a petite maîtresse of King Louis XV of France.

Boisselet was born to Pierre Sulpice Boisselet and Marie Thérèse Carouailles. Her father was an employee of the king's kitchen staff, with the title 'Contrôleur de la Bouche du Roi et chef du gobelet de Mme la Dauphine'. Marie Thérèse Françoise Boisselet was described as a beauty, and she agreed to become the lover of the king. The affair was not an official one; she was recruited to be a petite maîtresse (unofficial mistress) of the king in Parc-aux-Cerfs. She had one child with the king, Charles Louis Cadet de Gassicourt (1769–1821).

In 1771, she married the chemist Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, who adopted her son. According to Paul Thiébault, Louis XV benefitted the career of Cadet de Gassicourt in the Royal Academy because of his marriage to his former lover.

Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, née à Paris, paroisse Saint-Sulpice, le 16 mars 1710, morte à Paris le 30 mars 1751, fut une favorite de Louis XV. Elle était la fille de Louis III de Mailly-Nesle, marquis de Nesle, et de son épouse Armande Félice de La Porte Mazarin, elle-même petite-fille d'Hortense Mancini et arrière-petite-nièce de Mazarin.

Diane Adélaïde de Mailly-Nesle, duchesse de Lauraguais, née à Paris, paroisse Saint Sulpice, le 13 janvier 1714 et morte dans la même paroisse, le 30 novembre 1769, fut l'une des maîtresses du roi Louis XV.

Marguerite-Catherine Haynault, marquise de Montmelas (11 septembre 1736 - 17 mars 1823), est une maîtresse du roi de France Louis XV. Elle est alors dame d'honneur de la princesse Adélaïde.

Son portait est peint par François-Hubert Drouais. Propriété de ses descendants il est vendu en 1930 et se trouve aujourd'hui au Musée de Boston sous l’appellation "Portrait of a Woman in Turkish Costume said to be Mlle de Romans 1762".

Fille de Jean-Baptiste Haynault, entrepreneur de tabac à Lorient et de Catherine Croupil de La Salle. Elle donne au roi deux filles puis épouse en 1766, Blaise d'Arod, marquis de Montmelas.

• Agnès-Louise de Montreuil (Paris, 1760 - Montmelas, 1837), mariée à Paris en 1778 Gaspard d'Arod, Comte de Montmelas. Dont postérité

• Anne-Louise de La Réale (Versailles, 1762 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1831), mariée à Paris en 1780 Gabriel, comte de Geslin. Dont postérité.

Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle, née à Paris en 1712 et morte le 9 septembre 1741, par son mariage comtesse de Vintimille (1739), est une favorite de Louis XV.

Catherine Éléonore Bénard (ou Besnard) (3 février 1740 - 23 février 1769) est une femme de chambre de Madame Adélaïde. Une rumeur apparue au XIX^e siècle lui prête une liaison avec Louis XV, que ne confirme aucune source contemporaine connue.

Marie-Louise O'Murphy (French pronunciation: [ma.ʁi.lwiz ɔ‿.myʁ.fi]; 21 October 1737 – 11 December 1814) was a French model who was the youngest lesser mistress (petites maîtresses) of King Louis XV, and the model for François Boucher's painting The Blonde Odalisque, also known as The Resting Girl. She was also variously called Mademoiselle de Morphy, La Belle Morphise, Louise Morfi and Marie-Louise Morphy de Boisfailly.

Anne Couppier de Romans (1737 - 1808), baronne de Meilly-Coulonge, est une maîtresse du roi Louis XV.

Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (French: [baʁi]; 19 August 1743 – 8 December 1793) was the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France. She was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution on accusations of treason—particularly being suspected of assisting émigrés to flee from the Revolution. She is also known as "Mademoiselle Vaubernier" ([vobɛʁnje]).

In 1768, when the king wished to make Jeanne maîtresse-en-titre, etiquette required her to be the wife of a high courtier, so she was hastily married on 1 September 1768 to Comte Guillaume du Barry. The wedding ceremony was accompanied by a false birth certificate created by Jean-Baptiste du Barry, the comte's older brother. The certificate made Jeanne appear younger by three years and obscured her poor background. Henceforth, she was recognised as the king's official paramour.

Her arrival at the French royal court scandalised some, because she had been a courtesan and came from humble beginnings. She was shunned by many including Marie Antoinette, whose contempt for Jeanne caused alarm and dissension at court. On New Year's Day 1772, Marie Antoinette deigned to speak to Jeanne; her remark, "There are many people at Versailles today", was enough to take the edge off the dispute, though many still disapproved of Jeanne.

Decades later, during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, Jeanne was imprisoned over accusations of treason by her servant Zamor. She was executed by guillotine on 8 December 1793. Her body was buried in the Madeleine Cemetery. The fabulous gems which she had smuggled to London were sold at auction in 1795.