Wer datete Catherine Éléonore Bénard?
Ludwig XV. war mit Catherine Éléonore Bénard von ? bis ?. zusammen. Der Altersunterschied betrug 29 Jahre, 11 Monate und 19 Tage.
Catherine Éléonore Bénard
Catherine Éléonore Bénard (* 1740 in Versailles; † 1769 ebenda) war eine Mätresse des französischen Königs Ludwig XV.
Bénard war eine Tochter des königlichen Stallmeisters Pierre Bénard. Sie war eine der Hofdamen der Prinzessin Marie Adélaïde (1732–1800), einer Tochter Ludwigs XV., der auf sie aufmerksam wurde und sie zu seiner Mätresse machte. Sie starb bei der Geburt der gemeinsamen Tochter Adélaïde. Prinzessin Adélaïde übernahm die Patenschaft für das Kind.
Nachkommen:
- Adélaïde de Saint-Germain, comtesse de Montalivet (1769–1850) ⚭ 1797 Jean-Pierre Bachasson de Montalivet (1766–1823)
Ludwig XV.
Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defined as his 13th birthday) in 1723, the kingdom was ruled by his grand-uncle Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, as Regent of France. Cardinal Fleury was chief minister from 1726 until his death in 1743, at which time the king took sole control of the kingdom.
His reign of almost 59 years (from 1715 to 1774) was the second longest in the history of France, exceeded only by his predecessor, Louis XIV, who had ruled for 72 years (from 1643 to 1715). In 1748, Louis returned the Austrian Netherlands, won at the Battle of Fontenoy of 1745. He ceded New France in North America to Great Britain and Spain at the conclusion of the disastrous Seven Years' War in 1763. He incorporated the territories of the Duchy of Lorraine and the Corsican Republic into the Kingdom of France. Historians generally criticize his reign and maintain that his incompetence and extravagance weakened France, depleted the treasury, discredited the absolute monarchy, and diminished the country's reputation internationally. However, a minority of scholars argue that he was popular during his lifetime, but that his reputation was later blackened by revolutionary propaganda. His grandson and successor Louis XVI inherited a kingdom on the brink of financial disaster and gravely in need of political reform, laying the groundwork for the French Revolution of 1789.
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