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Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (, French: [pɔ̃paduʁ] ; 29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764), commonly known as Madame de Pompadour, was a member of the French court. She was the official chief mistress of King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, and remained influential as court favourite until her death.

Pompadour took charge of the king's schedule and was a valued aide and advisor, despite her frail health and many political enemies. She secured titles of nobility for herself and her relatives, and built a network of clients and supporters. She was particularly careful not to alienate the popular Queen, Marie Leszczyńska. On 8 February 1756, the Marquise de Pompadour was named as the thirteenth lady-in-waiting to the queen, a position considered the most prestigious at the court, which accorded her with honors.

Pompadour was a major patron of architecture and decorative arts, especially porcelain. She was a patron of the philosophes of the Enlightenment, including Voltaire.

Hostile critics at the time generally tarred her as a malevolent political influence, but historians are more favorable, emphasizing her successes as a patron of the arts and a champion of French pride. Modern historians suggest that the critics of Pompadour were driven by fears over the overturning of the existing hierarchies that Pompadour's power and influence represented, as a woman who was not born into the aristocracy.

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Ludwig XV., französisch Louis XV (* 15. Februar 1710 in Versailles; † 10. Mai 1774 ebenda), war von 1715 bis 1774 König von Frankreich und Navarra. Von 1710 bis 1715 war er Herzog von Anjou.

Vom Volk wurde er „der Vielgeliebte“ (französisch le Bien-Aimé) und später „der Ungeliebte“ (französisch le Mal-Aimé) genannt. Unter seiner Regierung wurde der jahrhundertealte Gegensatz zwischen Frankreich und Österreich beigelegt und die neue Allianz durch die Heirat Marie-Antoinettes, der Tochter Maria Theresias von Österreich, mit seinem Enkel, dem späteren Ludwig XVI., besiegelt. Bekannt ist seine Beziehung zu seiner Mätresse Marquise de Pompadour. Nach ihm ist die Stilepoche Louis-quinze benannt.

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