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3 articles matching “Madame de Pompadour”
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On 19 July 1746 she gave birth to a daughter at Versailles. Three days later she would be dead. The heir to the French throne had to be dragged away from her bed.
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She had replaced a seven year old Spanish Infanta and she gave him ten children. When she finally said no more, his mistress sent her flowers.
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In the winter of 1712, the French royal family died.