| louis xv | The revolutionary government, while raising troops from the masses and fighting a defensive battle, established a republic and executed Louis XVI. |
| louis xv | (n) grandson of Louis XIV and king of France from 1715 to 1774 who led France into the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1710-1774) |
| louis xvi | (n) king of France from 1774 to 1792; his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution; he and his queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined (1754-1793) |