 [...] I have made what I believed to be the wisest and fairest arrangements for the well-being of the realm, but, since one cannot anticipate everything, if there is something to change or to reform, you will do whatever you see fit..."

Louis XIV died at Versailles on 1 September 1715, and was succeeded by his five-year-old great-grandson, Louis XV.On 2 September, the Duke of Orléans went to meet the "parlementaires" in the "Grand-Chambre du Parlement" in Paris in order to have Louis XIV's will annulled and his previous right to the regency restored.After a break that followed a much-heated session, the "Parlement" abrogated the recent codicil to Louis XIV's will and confirmed the Duke of Orléans as regent of France.