Madame de Pompadour

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Madame de Pompadour was the influential chief mistress and close political adviser to King Louis XV of France, renowned as a major patron of the arts and a key figure in shaping French culture and court life in the 18th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French noblewoman
courtier
historical figure
patron of the arts
royal mistress
salonnière
activeInPeriod 18th century
alsoKnownAs Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson
surface form: Jeanne-Antoinette Lenormant d’Étiolles

Madame de Pompadour
surface form: Jeanne-Antoinette, marquise de Pompadour

Madame de Pompadour
surface form: Marquise de Pompadour
birthName Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson
burialPlace Couvent des Capucines, Paris
causeOfDeath tuberculosis
child Alexandrine-Jeanne Lenormant d’Étiolles
closeAdvisorTo Louis XV of France
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
dateOfBirth 1721-12-29
dateOfDeath 1764-04-15
depictedIn paintings by François Boucher
portraits by Maurice-Quentin de La Tour
employer Louis XV of France
genreOfActivity art patronage
politics
salon culture
grantedTitleBy Louis XV of France
influenced French interior decoration in the Rococo period
court fashion under Louis XV
development of Sèvres porcelain
languageSpoken French
nobleTitle Madame de Pompadour self-linksurface differs
surface form: Marquise de Pompadour
notableFor influence on French Rococo style
influence on French cultural life in the 18th century
patronage of the arts
political influence at the court of Louis XV
patronOf French Rococo artists
Sèvres
surface form: Sèvres porcelain manufactory

philosophes of the Enlightenment
theatre and opera in France
placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Paris
placeOfDeath Kingdom of France
Versailles
positionHeld chief mistress of Louis XV of France
maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XV of France
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Château de Bellevue
Élysée Palace
surface form: Hôtel d’Évreux (Élysée Palace)

Versailles
surface form: Palace of Versailles
spouse Charles-Guillaume Lenormant d’Étiolles
supported Denis Diderot
François Boucher
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Voltaire

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Madame de Pompadour alsoKnownAs Madame de Pompadour
this entity surface form: Marquise de Pompadour
Madame de Pompadour alsoKnownAs Madame de Pompadour
this entity surface form: Jeanne-Antoinette, marquise de Pompadour
Château de la Muette associatedWith Madame de Pompadour
Petit Trianon builtFor Madame de Pompadour
Maurice Quentin de La Tour depicted Madame de Pompadour
Petit Trianon hasNotableResident Madame de Pompadour
French royal court keyCulturalFigure Madame de Pompadour
Madame de Pompadour nobleTitle Madame de Pompadour self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Marquise de Pompadour
Louis XV of France notableMistress Madame de Pompadour
François Boucher notableWork Madame de Pompadour
François Boucher patron Madame de Pompadour
Maurice Quentin de La Tour patron Madame de Pompadour
Renversement des alliances significantPerson Madame de Pompadour