Pompadour
JEANNE ANTOIN- ETTE POISSON, MARQUISE DE, the mistress of Louis XV., in whose affections she succeeded Madame de Châteauroux; the daughter of a financier; MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR born in 1720. At the age of 21 she was married to M. d'Etioles; first attracted the king's notice while he was hunting in the forest of Senart; appeared at court in 1745, under the title of Marquise de Pompadour. She certainly used her influence with the king in promoting the progress of the fine arts, but her cupidity and extravagance were bounded; and many of the evils which oppressed France in the succeeding reign have been attributed to her. She died