27. Which French king is credited with saying, "Apres moi, le deluge"?
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Answer:
Louis XV
Louis XV ascended to the throne in 1715 at the age of five, but as he grew he didn't have much devotion in reigning with much command, and preferred to spend his reign pursuing women and making his court as extravagant as possible. Consequently, his reign featured a poor tax system and lots of costly wars--in particular, the Seven Years War cost France a lot of its colonies. Looking back on his reign, Louis said this quote on his deathbed in 1774, and metaphorically it meant, "After I leave, all hell will break loose". And he couldn't have been more right; the inability of the government to fix the economy led to the French Revolution during the years of 1789-1799.