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 | | An intimate of the king, a finished courtier and leader of society and a man of great personal gallantry, Villeroi was marked out for advancement in the army, which he loved, but where career soldiers had always a juster appreciation of his incapacity than Louis. |
 | | Louis consoled his old friend with the remark, "At our age, one is no longer lucky," but superseded him in the command, and henceforward Villeroi lived the life of a courtier, and although suspected of being involved in plots, maintained his friendship with Louis. |
 | | Under the Régence Villeroi was governor of the child King Louis XV of France and held several other high posts between 1717 and 1722, when he fell in disgrace for plotting against Philippe II of Orléans, the regent for Louis XV of France, and was sent to be governor of Lyon, virtually in exile. |
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