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The Regency — Philippe d’Orléans’s government during Louis XV’s minority, 1715–1723
Philippe d’Orléans, the dead king’s nephew, governed the kingdom during Louis XV’s minority. The court left Versailles for Paris, and the debt left by the previous reign was entrusted to Law’s System. (Editorial synthesis)
The Regency began in 1715. (source: Larousse)
The Regency ended in 1723. (source: Larousse)
The Regency ended in Louis XV’s majority and the king’s return to government. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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