biography
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Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de (Marchioness of)
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known as Madame de Pompadour
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pronunciation:
[pompadoor]
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| lived:
| (1721–64)
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| biography:
| Mistress of Louis XV, born in Paris, France. A woman of remarkable grace, beauty, and wit, she became a queen of fashion, and attracted the eye of the king at a ball. Installed at Versailles (1745), and ennobled as marquise de Pompadour, she assumed the entire control of public affairs, and for 20 years swayed state policy, appointing her own favourites. She founded the royal porcelain factory at Sèvres, and was a lavish patroness of architecture, the arts, and literature. She was largely blamed for the French defeats in the Seven Years' War. |
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