1721 AD., France, Louis XV., brass jeton of his betrothal.

France, Louis XV., jeton of his betrothal to his first cousin, Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain, 1721 AD.,
Brass Jeton (27 mm / 5,83 g),
Obv.: LVD. XV. D. G. FR. ET. NAV. REX. , laureate bust of the young Louis XV child facing right.
Rev.: PACIS FIRMANDÆ TREPTUM PIGNUS. , armored female with French shield gives olive branch to armored female with Spanish shield.
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Louis XV (Versailles, 15 February 1710 – Versailles, 10 May 1774) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death on 10 May 1774. Coming to the throne at the age of five, Louis reigned until 15 February 1723, the date of his thirteenth birthday, with the aid of the Régent, Philippe, duc d'Orléans, his great-uncle, thereafter taking formal personal control of government.
Unexpectedly surviving the death of most of the royal family, he enjoyed a favourable reputation at the beginning of his reign and earned the epithet "le Bien-Aimé" ("the Beloved"). However, in time, his lack of morals, general inability to effectively reform France and the Monarchy, and the perceived failings of his foreign policy lost him the affection of his people, and he ended his life amongst the most unpopular kings of France.
While historians have traditionally treated Louis XV harshly, more recent research has suggested that he was in fact very intelligent and dedicated to the task of ruling the largest state in Europe, bar Russia. His nagging indecision, fueled by his awareness of the complexity of problems ahead, as well as his profound timidity, hidden behind the mask of an imperious king, may account for the poor results achieved during his reign. In many ways, Louis XV prefigures the "bourgeois rulers" of the romantic 19th century. While dutifully playing the role of the mighty king carved out by his predecessor and great-grandfather, Louis XIV, Louis XV in fact cherished nothing more than his private life far away from the pomp and ceremony of Court. Having lost his mother while still little more than an infant, he longed for a reassuring and motherly presence, which he tried to find in the intimate company of women, something for which he was much criticized both during and after his life.

In 1721, Louis XV was betrothed to his first cousin, Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain, daughter of Philip V of Spain and his second wife Elizabeth Farnese. The eleven-year-old king found no interest in the arrival in Paris of his future wife, the three-year-old Spanish Infanta, who only bored him. In June 1722, the young king and the court returned to Versailles, where they would stay until the end of the reign.
Mariana Victoria was sent back to Spain after it became clear that the young Louis XV was never going to be interested in what he called the young doll, her arrival in Spain was not taken well by the Spanish; her younger sister Infanta Maria Teresa was married to the eldest son of Louis XV Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765).