During this king's reign, the country was scandalized by the murder of a Catholic boy named Marc-Antoine by his Protestant father Jean Calas.
During this king's reign, the country was scandalized by the murder of a Catholic boy named Marc-Antoine by his Protestant father Jean Calas. This king asserted his supremacy in the Séance de la Flagellation and arrested the Marquis de Caradeuc and six other members of the Rennes Parlement in Brittany. His trio of ministers, Maupeou, Abbe Terray and the duc d'Aiguillon advanced absolutism. This monarch assented to the Family Pact with Spain and Naples. He signed the Second Treaty of Versailles allying his nation with Austria following the Diplomatic Revolution. This king took power at age 5 after surviving a smallpox epidemic at the court, beginning the Régence period of Philippe d'Orleans. During his reign, the first volume of Diderot's Encyclopédie was published. For 10 points, name this lover of Madame de Pompadour.
During this king's reign, the country was scandalized by the murder of a Catholic boy named Marc-Antoine by his Protestant father Jean Calas.
Louis XV [or Louis the Well-Beloved]