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Madame de Pompadour — Louis XV’s favourite, patron of the arts and of the Encyclopédie
A daughter of Parisian high finance, she was official mistress for six years and counsellor for twenty, governing indirectly in the king’s name. She protected the Encyclopédie, founded a manufactory and weighed on the reversal of alliances. (Editorial synthesis)
Madame de Pompadour was born on 29 December 1721. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Madame de Pompadour was born in Paris. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Madame de Pompadour died on 15 April 1764. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Madame de Pompadour died in Versailles. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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