Person
Madame de Pompadour
member of the French court and official chief mistress of Louis XV
b. 1721 CE – d. 1764 CE
World The Atlantic Lands
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, also known as Madame de Pompadour (29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764) is a member of the French court and is the official chief mistress of Louis XV from 1745 to her death.
People
- Ange-Jacques Gabriel
- Denis Diderot
- Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
- François Boucher
- Frederick the Great
Groups
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Roman Catholic Christians
- Austria, Archduchy of
- Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchy of
- Saxony, Electorate of
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Moran, J. (2017). Madame de Pompadour. History Atlas. Retrieved 25 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/madame-de-pompadour/
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