Louis XV


 * Successor Louis XVI was executed in the French Revolution
 * Significantly influenced by his mistress, Madame de Pompadour
 * Came to the throne at age five
 * Events during his reign led to the fall of John Law
 * Served by Cardinal Fleury
 * Said to have "put France on a diet" and abolished the unpopular cinquantieme tax imposed by the Duke of Bourbon
 * Mississippi Bubble collapsed
 * Banque General founded
 * Married Marie Leszczynska after the death of Philippe d'Orleans
 * Rene de Maupeou's "triumvirate" tried to reduce the stalling power of the Parlements