Jeanne Poisson, marquise de Pompadour
Ended2006
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Overview
Jeanne Poisson, a young bourgeois woman who became Madame d’Étiolles through a marriage arranged by her ambitious mother, sets out to win the heart of the young and charming King Louis XV, with whom she falls deeply in love. Their love story will last for twenty years
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Season 1
Season discussion2 episodes · October 16, 2006
The two episodes, each running about ninety minutes, span nearly twenty years of life at court. The story follows Jeanne from her ambitious youth and her marriage to Charles d’Étiolles to her arrival at Versailles, where she wins the king’s heart. The plot weaves together court intrigues, rivalries and shifting alliances, while also revealing the vulnerability of a woman who must constantly defend her place in a world hostile to her bourgeois origins.
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