Presidential election, 2016

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(11-27-2016, 04:33 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: It was Louis XIV, of course. Louis XIV lived to a very old age, outliving the son who would have been his heir, and died of natural causes.

Did some surfing on Wikipedia. Louis XIV didn't live to be that old by modern standards, dying in his mid-70s. However, he was succeeded not by his son, who died in middle-age, or his grandson, who died of smallpox while in his late 20s, but of his great-grandson, aged 2, who became Louis XV. The younger Louis' mismanagement is believed to have contributed to the French Revolution, which broke out 15 years after his death.