LEWIS XV. (his great-grandson) succeeded in 1715. He was styled, in the course of his reign, the well-beloved, which he lost some years before he died; and was detested and despised by his subjects for his shameful attachment to a mistress, who, through her patron the duke d'Aiguillon, governed the kingdom, and invaded the ancient rights and privileges of the people. He died in 1774, in the 64th year of his age and 59th of his reign.