Louis XV

Portrait by Jean-Baptiste van Loo

Diane-Adélaïde de Mailly †

Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle, Duchesse de Châteauroux †

Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour † (1741 - 1751)

Charlotte de La Haye de Riou, Duchesse de Berry (1764 - 1775)

Many others.

Charles de Vintimille
Louis-Aimé de Bourbon

**Louis XV & IV (**Louis; September 1st, 1715 - August 28th, 1778) was King of France and of Navarre.

## Titles, Styles and Honours

### Titles

* **15th February 1710 - 18th February 1712:** *Son Altesse Royale, Monseigneur le Duc d'Anjou*
* **18th February 1712 - 1st September 1715:** *Son Altesse Royale, Monseigneur le Dauphin*
* **1st September 1715 - Present:** *Sa Majesté, le Roi de France et de Navarre*

### Honours

* Grand maître de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit (1715 - Present)
* Grand maître de l'Ordre de Saint-Michel (1715 - Present)
* Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Toison d'or (1749 - Present)

## Issue

### Legitimate Issue

*Marie Leszczyńska* gave Louis XV ten children, three of whom died very prematurely:

* **Louise-Élisabeth,** *Madame Première* (1727 - 1759)
* **Anne-Henriette,** *Madame Seconde* (1727 - 1752)
* **Marie-Louise,** *Madame Troisième* (1728 - 1733)
* **Louis**, Dauphin de France (1729 - 1765)
* **Philippe-Louis,** *Duc d'Anjou* (1730 - 1733)
* **Marie-Adélaïde,** *Madame Quatrième* (1732 - Present); Said «Madame Adélaïde».
* **Victoire-Louise-Marie-Thérèse,** *Madame Cinquième* (1733 - Present); Said «Madame Victoire».
* **Sophie-Philippine-Élisabeth-Justine,** *Madame Sixième* (1734 - Present); Said «Madame Sophie».
* **Thérèse-Félicité,** *Madame Septième* (1736 - 1744)
* **Louise-Marie,** *Madame Huitième* (1737 - Present); Said «Madame Louise», entered Carmelite convent.

### Illegitimate Issue

Louis XV, like Louis XIV, had a numerous number of adulterine children from his many mistresses, All his illegitimate children, other than Charles de Ventimille, were born to young unmarried girls, called "petites maîtresses". Haunted by sickening memories linked to the bastards of his great-grandfather, Louis XV still refuses to legitimize them. Except for the ones provided by *Charlotte de La Haye de Riou, maîtresse-en-titre.* He provides for their education and manages to give them an honorable place in society, but never meets them at court.

With *Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle*, *Comtesse de Vintimille*, he had one son:

* **Charles de Vintimille,** *Comte du Luc* (1741 - Present); Nicknamed 'Half-Louis' due to his striking resemblance with Louis XV.

With *Irène du Buisson de Longpré*, he had one daughter:

* **Marie-Françoise-Julie-Constance** (1751 - Present)

With *Jeanne Perray,* he had one daughter:

* **Amélie de Norville** (1753 - Present)

With *Marie-Louise O'Murphy,* he had two daughters:

* **Adélaïde de Saint-André,** *Marquise de La Tour du Pin* (1754 - 1774)
* **Marguerite-Victoire Le Normant de Flaghac** (1768 - Present)

With *Françoise de Chalus, Duchesse de Narbonne-Lara,* he had two sons:

* **Philippe de Narbonne-Lara**, *Duc de Narbonne-Lara* (1750 - Present)
* **Louis-Marie**, *Comte de Narbonne-Lara* (1755 - Present)

With M*arguerite-Catherine Haynault, Marquise de Montmelas*, he had two daughters:

* **Agnès-Louise de Montreuil** (1760 - Present)
* **Anne-Louise de La Réale** (1762 - Present)

With *Lucie Madeleine d'Estaing, Dame de Ravel,* he had two daughters:

* **Agnès-Lucie Auguste** (1762 - Present)
* **Aphrodite-Lucie Auguste** (1763 - Present)

With *Anne Couppier de Romans, Baronne de Meilly-Coulonge*, he had one son:

* **Louis-Aimé de Bourbon** (1762 - Present); Only child that Louis recognizes, sent to ecclesiastical studies.

With *Louise-Jeanne Tiercelin de La Colleterie, Madame de Bonneval,* he had one son:

* **Benoît-Louis Le Duc** (1764 - Present); Sent to ecclesiastical studies.

With *Catherine Éléonore Bénard,* he had one daughter:

* **Adélaïde de Saint-Germain** (1769 - Present)

With *Marie Thérèse Françoise Boisselet,* he had one son:

* **Charles Louis Cadet de Gassicourt** (1769 - Present)

Lastly with *Charlotte de La Haye de Riou, Marquise de Montesson* and *Maîtresse-en-titre* since 1764, he had seven children:

* **Louise Marie Thérèse de Bourbon,** *Mademoiselle de Vendôme, Légitimée de France* (b. January 6, 1765)
* **Louise Marie Élisabeth de Bourbon**, *Mademoiselle d’Amiens, Légitimée de France* (b. January 26, 1767; died August 31, 1770)
* **Louis Charles Hiéronyme de Bourbon,** *Duc de Valois, Légitimé de France* (b. September 23, 1768)
* **Louise Marie Jeanne de Bourbon,** *Mademoiselle de Valois, Légitimée de France* (b. April 11, 1772)
* **Charles Jean Henri de Bourbon,** *Comte de Vexin, Légitimé de France* (b. February 18, 1774; died December 2 1775)
* **Charles Emmanuel Germain,** Comte de Vermandois, Légitimé de France (b. 13th May, 1775)