This ruler fired his foreign minister, the Duke of Choiseul, for supporting Spain during the FalklandsCrisis. This man supported his father-in-law Stanislaw I during the War of the Polish Succession. Hisforces temporarily captured the Austrian Netherlands after Maurice de Saxe won the Battle of Fontenoy,but he gave up these gains in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. This king aligned his country with Austriaduring the (*) Diplomatic Revolution, which occurred a mere decade after his country had allied with Prussia inthe Wa
This ruler fired his foreign minister, the Duke of Choiseul, for supporting Spain during the FalklandsCrisis. This man supported his father-in-law Stanislaw I during the War of the Polish Succession. Hisforces temporarily captured the Austrian Netherlands after Maurice de Saxe won the Battle of Fontenoy,but he gave up these gains in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. This king aligned his country with Austriaduring the (*) Diplomatic Revolution, which occurred a mere decade after his country had allied with Prussia inthe War of the Austrian Succession. Madame Pompadour was a long-time mistress of this king. For 10 points, namethis French king who lost his North American territories after the French and Indian War, and was the grandson ofthe previous "Sun" king.