Madame de Pompadour

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson
Marquise of Pompadour
Portrait by François Boucher
Spouse(s)	Charles Guillaume le Normant d'Étiolles (1717–99, m. 1741)
Issue
Guillaume Charles le Normant d'Étiolles (1741–42) Alexandrine Jeanne le Normant d'Étiolles (1744–54)
Full name
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson
Father	François Poisson
Mother	Madeleine de la Motte
Born	(1721-12-29)29 December 1721 Paris, France
Died	15 April 1764(1764-04-15) (aged 42) Paris, France
Occupation	Chief mistress to Louis XV

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson was better known as Madame de Pompadour. The Marquise of Pompadour (29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764) was courtier and the official chief mistress of Louis XV from 1745 until her death. She was born in Paris, Kingdom of France, and died there from tuberculosis at 42. She was presented to the royal court by a cousin of the King, the Princess of Conti.

Gallery

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  1755, by Quentin de la Tour

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  Pompadour as Diana by Jean-Marc Nattier

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  Portrait by Boucher

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  Finished posthumously in 1764 by Drouais