fact that women sometimes ruled by France, had noticed a philosopher and writer Bernard de Fontenelle, and he who has lived exactly 100 years and seen in my time a lot can be trusted.The most striking was the ruler of the kingdom of Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764) that caused an uproar at the same time for their profligacy, murmur of courtiers and laudatory odes saints.What also I had this amazing woman, and that allowed her to turn the fate of the inhabitants of the country?
Madame Pompadour anxiously guarded the secret of its origin, so it is difficult for historians to get to her genealogical roots.Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson was born in the family of former footman, who became intendant.Later, his father was caught stealing and went into hiding.However, the fate of the little Jeanne was keenly interested in a Norman de Turnem - nobleman and financier.Who he is - the owner, who has served as a lackey of the father of Joan, her godfather, or the real father as detractors claimed, alluding to the fact that the mistress of the king - the fruit of extramarital love?In this respect the documents do not give a clear answer.
However, a fact of which Madame de Pompadour herself liked to tell, was that gypsy predicted 9-year-old girl's future relationship with the king.This prophecy has given Jeanne installation of a lifetime.After a long and thorny path before he met with Louis XV, eliminating all rivals and lasting basis in Versailles, he has not forgotten the gypsy mistress and paid her rent until the end of his days.After receiving an excellent education, Jeanne married a nephew of his patron.The groom was an ugly, but rich, and most importantly, to know.Maid Poisson happily transformed into Madame d'Etiol.
but seeks to Madame de Pompadour, of course, higher.Having access to the highest light, she knew all the gossip of the yard, habits and passions of the monarch.At that time, the ruler of France was fascinated by the Duchess de Chateauroux.Waiting for her untimely death, Madame d'Etiol began to operate.At the masquerade ball she was lucky enough to meet the 35-year-old Louis.Her youthful beauty did not make the proper impression on him - love at first sight did not happen.Then Jeanne bought enterprising place in the theater in front of the royal box.But the night in the royal chambers, the subsequent performance, not "catch" the king.
Then Joan went for broke: secretly made their way into the bedroom of the king, she played the whole melodramatic story, he says, she risks her head to see the beloved and is ready to fall at the hands of a jealous spouse.But this act drew jaded monarch instead to expel hussy, he gave her the post of the court lady of his wife, and a little later and the title of the Marquise.Madame de Pompadour knew that one of her beauty is not enough to bind the heart of Louis, so she hit the patronage, knowing the propensity of the king to the fine arts.In her living room there were Moliere, Montesquieu, Bushardona, Fragonard, and other figures of the Enlightenment.
What was a Marquise de Pompadour?Portraits of the era are the peasant cheeked plump blonde, although it is nothing more than a tribute to the fashion.Verbal descriptions of contemporaries present us with the image of a woman of low stature with brown hair and eyes the color of unknown.Do not let her looks to ban the Jesuit Order in France to remove the state of Prussia and bring it closer to Austria.The mistress of the king, she stayed only 5 years, but has remained a favorite as many as 20!
