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| | Francia Parigi, Marsiglia, Lione, Tolosa, Nizza, Strasburgo, Nantes, Bordeaux, Le Havre. |
 | | Louis sought to provide for an orderly succession by decreeing in 817 that his eldest son, Lothair, would inherit the empire and that his two younger sons, Pepin of Aquitaine and Louis II (Louis the German), would hold subordinate kingdoms within the empire. |
 | | Louis XV (reigned 1715-1774) and his grandson, Louis XVI (reigned 1774-1792), were well-intentioned rulers, but both lacked the abilities needed to adapt their country's institutions to the changing conditions of the 18th century. |
 | | Louis XV was indolent, bored by affairs of state, and quick to seek escape in the pleasures that wealth and position opened to him. |
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