Yes, the measles (and more generally the spate of deaths within 5 years) were the reason I started writing this up! (Hence the title.) Then I started digressing into the regency.
Also note that Louis XV, like his grandfather, will later die of smallpox, but fortunately at an advanced age (64) instead of 2 years old. Thanks to Madame de Ventadour! (ETA: Apparently I had already said that in the original write-up. Haha, repetition is good, right? :P)
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Re: In which the royal family falls like dominoes
Date: 2021-02-17 01:35 pm (UTC)Also note that Louis XV, like his grandfather, will later die of smallpox, but fortunately at an advanced age (64) instead of 2 years old. Thanks to Madame de Ventadour! (ETA: Apparently I had already said that in the original write-up. Haha, repetition is good, right? :P)