Appointed his nephew
Philippe d'Orléans Régent of the Kingdom of France and Navarre yet structured the Régence in such a way so that Philippe would head it in name only. But Louis had a change of heart, ordering his ministers and courtiers to obey Philippe as "he will govern the kingdom". The day after Louis's death, the Parlements gave Philippe permission to form his own council. 72 years earlier, Louis's mother had Parlements annul her husband's will, in which he had set up a Régence, making her Régent until Louis was declared of age. Philippe served as Régent from September 2, 1715 to February 15, 1723, when Louis XV, Louis's great-grandson, was declared of age on his 13th birthday.