Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, also known as Madame de Pompadour (29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764), was a member of the French court, and was the official maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XV from 1745 to 1750.
Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson was born on 29 December 1721 in Paris to François Poisson and his wife Madeleine de la Motte. However, it is suspected that her biological father was either the rich financier Pâris de Montmartel or ...
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Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, also known as Madame de Pompadour (29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764), was a member of the French court, and was the official maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XV from 1745 to 1750.
Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson was born on 29 December 1721 in Paris to François Poisson and his wife Madeleine de la Motte. However, it is suspected that her biological father was either the rich financier Pâris de Montmartel or the tax collector (fermier général) Le Normant de Tournehem, who became her legal guardian when François Poisson, a steward to the Pâris brothers—foremost financiers of the French economy—was forced to leave the country in 1725 after a scandal over a series of unpaid debts, a crime at that time punishable by death. Poisson was cleared eight years later and allowed to return to France. Her younger brother was Abel-François Poisson de Vandières who would later become the marquis de Marigny.
Jeanne-Antoinette was intelligent, beautiful, and...
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