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I'm
Rob Salzman of
4130 SW 117th Ave # 415 Beaverton, OR,
97005 USA.
Welcome to e-familytree.net. E-familytree.net is my personal genealogy hobby site.
The data contained here has been gathered through 20 years of genealogy. Some small
part of it is my original research, but most of it has been shared with me.
It is important to understand:
This is SPECULATIVE DATA. Most of it is unverified. Use it for hints and pointers, but DO
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This website built on November 02, 2009.
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Family Sheet
HUSBAND
Other Spouses: Princess Marie Charlotte Sophie Leszczynska Of Poland
Jeanne-antoinette Poisson
Father: Duke Louis Of Bourgogne
Mother: Maria Adelaida Princess Sardinia
WIFE
Name: Marie-jeanne Becu Note
CHILDREN
SOURCES
1). ROYAL92.GED Gedcom file
2). June Ferguson s Royalty GED
4). June Ferguson s Royalty GED
NOTES
1). 1 UPDA 2 DATE 1715 2 PLAC Acceded 5th in line to Stuart throne of Britain. LOUIS XV, pronounced LOO ee, pronounced LOO ihs, or pronounced lwee 1710 1774 , was a king of France who contributed to the decline of royal authority. During his reign, France fought a number of expensive and disastrous wars. Louis also led a scandalous personal life. For these reasons, many French people hated him, and his reign did much to bring on the French Revolution 1789 1799 . Louis could see a disaster coming but made only feeble attempts to prevent it. Louis is often remembered for his remark, After me, the deluge! Louis was born at Versailles, France. He succeeded his great grandfather Louis XIV at the age of 5. His reign began peacefully, though the government had accumulated a large debt under Louis XIV. Philippe, Duke of Orleans, a relative of the young king, ruled on his behalf until 1723. In 1726, Louis s former tutor, Andre Hercule Cardinal de Fleury, became the real head of the government. Fleury worked to revive the weak economy of France. When Fleury died in 1743, the king announced that he would rule without a chief minister, as Louis XIV had done. But Louis XV was a weak king interested more in pleasure than in government. He also was influenced too much by his mistresses. For 20 years, one of them, Madame de Pompadour, dictated policies and appointed ministers. After she died in 1764, another mistress, Madame du Barry, dominated Louis. Louis s favorites looted the treasury and prevented reforms. In 1725, Louis married Maria Leszczynska, daughter of Stanislas I, the exiled king of Poland. France fought the War of the Polish Succession 1733 1738 in a vain attempt to restore Stanislas to his throne. France won Lorraine in this war. In the War of the Austrian Succession 1740 1748, France gained nothing. In the Seven Years War 1756 1763 , France lost to Britain most of its colonies in Canada and India.
2). 1 UPDA 2 PLAC Mistress DU BARRY, MADAME 1746 1793 , was a mistress of King Louis XV of France. She was the last important member of a series of mistresses who played significant roles in Louis s court. See LOUIS XV. Du Barry was born Marie Jeanne Becu in Champagne, France. Her parents were poor, and she had little education. She first worked in a hat shop in Paris, but soon became the mistress of Count Jean du Barry and other noblemen. She met Louis while living with Jean du Barry. Custom at the royal court required that Becu gain higher social rank before she could become Louis s official mistress. For this reason she married Jean s brother, Guillaume du Barry, thus acquiring the title countess. Madame du Barry became Louis s official mistress in 1769. At court, she was frequently involved in plots and schemes. Jealous rivals and the king s ministers hated her. After Louis s death in 1774, Madame du Barry was sent to a convent for a time. During the French Revolution 17891799 , she was accused of aiding various people who sought to restore the French monarchy. She was executed on the guillotine.
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