Madame de Pompadour

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.

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson
Marquise of Pompadour
File:Boucher Marquise de Pompadour 1756 detail.jpg Portrait by François Boucher
Full name Jeanne Antoinette Poisson
Born	(1721-12-29)29 December 1721 Paris, France
Died	15 April 1764(1764-04-15) (aged 42) Paris, France
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)
Father	François Poisson
Mother	Madeleine de la Motte
Occupation	Chief mistress to Louis XV

Gallery

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  1755, by Quentin de la Tour

• Jean-Marc Nattier, Madame de Pompadour en Diane (1746).jpg

  Pompadour as Diana by Jean-Marc Nattier

• Madame de Pompadour.jpg

  Portrait by Boucher

• Madame de Pompadour by François-Hubert Drouais.jpg

  Finished posthumously in 1764 by Drouais