Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson

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Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, better known as Madame de Pompadour, was the influential chief mistress and close confidante of King Louis XV of France, renowned for her patronage of the arts and significant political and cultural influence at the 18th-century French court.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French noblewoman
courtier
historical figure
patron of the arts
royal mistress
salonnière
alsoKnownAs Madame de Pompadour
Madame de Pompadour
surface form: Marquise de Pompadour
associatedWith Enlightenment
Rococo
birthName Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson self-link
burialPlace Couvent des Capucines, Paris
child Alexandrine-Jeanne Lenormant d’Étiolles
surface form: Alexandrine Le Normant d’Étiolles
closeConfidantOf Louis XV of France
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
dateOfBirth 1721-12-29
dateOfDeath 1764-04-15
gender female
influenced French decorative arts
French opera
French porcelain production
French theatre
court fashion in 18th-century France
languageSpoken French
memberOf French royal court at Versailles
surface form: French court at Versailles
notableFor being chief mistress of King Louis XV
patronage of the arts
political influence at the court of Louis XV
promotion of Rococo style
support of Enlightenment philosophers
patronOf Denis Diderot
François Boucher
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Jean-Marc Nattier
Manufacture nationale de Sèvres
surface form: Sèvres porcelain manufactory

Voltaire
placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Paris
placeOfDeath Kingdom of France
Versailles
playedRoleIn diplomacy of the Seven Years’ War
positionHeld chief royal mistress of Louis XV
lady-in-waiting to the queen of France
maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XV
residence Château de Bellevue
Château de Menars
Élysée Palace
surface form: Hôtel d’Évreux (Élysée Palace)

Château de Versailles
surface form: Palace of Versailles
spouse Charles-Guillaume Le Normant d’Étiolles
supported Encyclopédie
surface form: Encyclopédie project
title Duchess of Menars
Madame de Pompadour
surface form: Marquise de Pompadour

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Madame de Pompadour birthName Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson
Madame de Pompadour alsoKnownAs Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson
this entity surface form: Jeanne-Antoinette Lenormant d’Étiolles
Alexandrine-Jeanne Lenormant d’Étiolles mother Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson
Alexandrine-Jeanne Lenormant d’Étiolles onlyChildOf Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson
Alexandrine-Jeanne Lenormant d’Étiolles hasParent Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson
Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson birthName Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson self-link
Charles-Guillaume Lenormant d’Étiolles spouse Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson
Portrait of Madame de Pompadour depicts Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson
this entity surface form: Jeanne Antoinette Poisson