Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, may be best known as King Louis XV's chief mistress. But she was also a well-educated tastemaker, a patron of the arts and an artist in her own right.

Johnny Depp has returned to the big screen in ‘Jeanne du Barry’, playing the French King Louis XV, a role he never thought he could take on.. Depp was hand chosen for the role by director and ...

Johnny Depp will star as French king Louis XV in the next film directed by French helmer Maiwenn (“Polisse,” “Mon Roi”) whose shoot will begin this summer, Variety has confirmed.. The ...

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Johnny Depp, 58, has been tapped to play French King Louis XV in a new film by French director Maiwenn, marking the fraught actor’s first role since being “canceled” amid abuse allegations.

Louis XV, elevator king. By Los Angeles Times April 2, 2003. The first "home" elevator -- a counterweight lift -- was built for France's King Louis XV for his personal chambers in Versailles in ...

Louis XV, also known as Louis the Beloved, ruled as King of France for 59 years, from 1715, when he succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five, to his death in 1774.