Marquise de Pompadour

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Noun1.Marquise de Pompadour - French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)Marquise de Pompadour - French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Pompadour
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She had the allure of renowned French siren Marquise de Pompadour and the magnetism of a GQ magazine cover girl.
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As for the reputedly damaging influence of the Marquise de Pompadour, Louis XV's mistress, the author is ambivalent.
The French and Indian War and the Conquest of New France
The childlike etchings of the 17-year-old Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saaifeld and those of her niece, Queen Victoria, contrast with the controlled rococo frontispieces of the Marquise de Pompadour, and the little-known, non-aristocratic Adelaide Allou, who made etchings after the landscapes of Hubert Robert and Fragonard for the open market.
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Louis XIV was a weak, uninspired monarch; the Marquise de Pompadour, his mistress, became his alter ego and the de facto prime minister.
The French and Indian War and the Conquest of Nero France
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