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The Regency. LVE THE REGENCY
llies to continue the contest alone. Eugene was not a match for France without Marlborough, and the Archduke Charles, having succeeded his brother the Emperor, gave up his pretensions to the crown of Spain, so that it became possible to conclude a general peace at Utrecht in 1713. By this time Louis was seventy-five years of age, and had suffered grievous family losses--first by the death of his only son, and then of his eldest grandson, a young man of much promise of excellence, who, with his wife died of malignant measles, probably from ignorant medical treatment, since their infant, whose illness was concealed by his nurses, was the only one of the family who survived. The old king, in spite of sorrow and reverse, toiled with indomitable energy to the end of his reign, the longest on record, having lasted seventy-two years, when he died in 1715. He had raised the French crown to its greatest splendour, but had sacrificed the country to himself and his false notions of greatness. 12. LIES TO CONTINUE THE CONTEST ALONE EUGENE WAS NOT A MATCH FOR FRANCE WITHOUT MARLBOROUGH AND THE ARCHDUKE CHARLES HAVING SUCCEEDED HIS BROTHER THE EMPEROR GAVE UP HIS PRETENSIONS TO THE CROWN OF SPAIN SO THAT IT BECAME POSSIBLE TO CONCLUDE A GENERAL PEACE AT UTRECHT IN SEVENTEEN THIRTEEN BY THIS TIME LOUIS WAS SEVENTY FIVE YEARS OF AGE AND HAD SUFFERED GRIEVOUS FAMILY LOSSES FIRST BY THE DEATH OF HIS ONLY SON AND THEN OF HIS ELDEST GRANDSON A YOUNG MAN OF MUCH PROMISE OF EXCELLENCE WHO WITH HIS WIFE DIED OF MALIGNANT MEASLES PROBABLY FROM IGNORANT MEDICAL TREATMENT SINCE THEIR INFANT WHOSE ILLNESS WAS CONCEALED BY HIS NURSES WAS THE ONLY ONE OF THE FAMILY WHO SURVIVED THE OLD KING IN SPITE OF SORROW AND REVERSE TOILED WITH INDOMITABLE ENERGY TO THE END OF HIS REIGN THE LONGEST ON RECORD HAVING LASTED SEVENTY TWO YEARS WHEN HE DIED IN SEVENTEEN FIFTEEN HE HAD RAISED THE FRENCH CROWN TO ITS GREATEST SPLENDOR BUT HAD SACRIFICED THE COUNTRY TO HIMSELF AND HIS FALSE NOTIONS OF GREATNESS TWE
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