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Marquise de Pompadour
Jeanne-Aintoinette Poisson was born in 1721 in Paris, France. She would go down in history not as Jeanne-Antoinette, but as Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV. She belonged to a family of grand Parisian bankers, received a refined education, and soon became known as one of the most beautiful and wittie ....
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.... on state policy has been exaggerated, though she did make major decisions at times. She urged the appointment of certain ministers, and was blamed for the alliance between France and Austria and France's disastrous involvement in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763). She was also a generous supporter of the arts. She built a private theatre at Versailles where she often performed. Her greatest passion was for building and decorating houses, and in that capacity she made great use of Boucher. A generous Madame de Pompadour distributed royal largesse to p ....
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