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I'm
Rob Salzman of
4130 SW 117th Ave # 415 Beaverton, OR,
97005 USA.
Welcome to e-familytree.net. E-familytree.net is my personal genealogy hobby site.
The data contained here has been gathered through 20 years of genealogy. Some small
part of it is my original research, but most of it has been shared with me.
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Family Sheet
HUSBAND
Other Spouses: Princess Marie Charlotte Sophie Leszczynska Of Poland
Marie-jeanne Becu
Father: Duke Louis Of Bourgogne
Mother: Maria Adelaida Princess Sardinia
WIFE
Name: Jeanne-antoinette Poisson Note
CHILDREN
SOURCES
1). ROYAL92.GED Gedcom file
2). June Ferguson s Royalty GED
4). June Ferguson s Royalty GED
6). No Title Given
NOTES
1). 1 UPDA 2 DATE 1715 2 PLAC Acceded 5th in line to Stuart throne of Britain. LOUIS XV, pronounced LOO ee, pronounced LOO ihs, or pronounced lwee 1710 1774 , was a king of France who contributed to the decline of royal authority. During his reign, France fought a number of expensive and disastrous wars. Louis also led a scandalous personal life. For these reasons, many French people hated him, and his reign did much to bring on the French Revolution 1789 1799 . Louis could see a disaster coming but made only feeble attempts to prevent it. Louis is often remembered for his remark, After me, the deluge! Louis was born at Versailles, France. He succeeded his great grandfather Louis XIV at the age of 5. His reign began peacefully, though the government had accumulated a large debt under Louis XIV. Philippe, Duke of Orleans, a relative of the young king, ruled on his behalf until 1723. In 1726, Louis s former tutor, Andre Hercule Cardinal de Fleury, became the real head of the government. Fleury worked to revive the weak economy of France. When Fleury died in 1743, the king announced that he would rule without a chief minister, as Louis XIV had done. But Louis XV was a weak king interested more in pleasure than in government. He also was influenced too much by his mistresses. For 20 years, one of them, Madame de Pompadour, dictated policies and appointed ministers. After she died in 1764, another mistress, Madame du Barry, dominated Louis. Louis s favorites looted the treasury and prevented reforms. In 1725, Louis married Maria Leszczynska, daughter of Stanislas I, the exiled king of Poland. France fought the War of the Polish Succession 1733 1738 in a vain attempt to restore Stanislas to his throne. France won Lorraine in this war. In the War of the Austrian Succession 1740 1748, France gained nothing. In the Seven Years War 1756 1763 , France lost to Britain most of its colonies in Canada and India.
2). 1 NAME Madame de Pompadour 1 UPDA 2 PLAC Mistress POMPADOUR, pronounced PAHM puh dohr or pronounced pawn pa DOOR, MARQUISE DE, pronounced mahr KEEZ duh 1721 1764 , was a mistress of King Louis XV of France who played an important part in the politics of Louis s reign. Madame de Pompadour kept her influence long after the king s love for her had cooled. She gave Louis political advice and served as his private secretary. She was blamed for the alliance between France and Austria and France s disastrous involvement in the Seven Years War 1756 1763 . She was also a generous supporter of the arts. Madame de Pompadour was born in Paris to a middle class family. Her maiden name was Jeanne Antoinette Poisson. She received an excellent education and was introduced to high society at the home of Charles Francois Le Normant de Tournehem, a wealthy financier. In 1741, she married his nephew Charles Guillaume Le Normant d Etoiles. In 1746, she met King Louis at a ball. Louis fell in love with her. She left her husband and went to live in Versailles as Louiss mistress. She received the title Marquise de Pompadour.
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