The court of Louis XV - Imbert de Saint-Amand

Palissot, verses by, [228].
Parliament, Madame de Pompadour’s conduct towards, [194];
Louis XV.’s attitude towards, [196–198], [200];
one hundred and fifty members of, resign, [198];
members of, pose as protectors of liberty, [200].
Pérusseau, [79].
Philip, Don, son of Philip V. of Spain, marries Madame Elisabeth, [247];
obtains sovereignty of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastella, [247];
not esteemed by his wife, [253].
Philip V. of Spain, [18], [19].
Poisson, Abel, [148], [149], [160].
Poisson, François, [117].
Poisson, Jeanne Antoine, afterwards Marquise de Pompadour, [117];
see [Pompadour, Madame de].
Pompadour, Marquise de, [1], [6];
her character, [116], [117];
her birth and early life, [117];
her accomplishments, [117];
her marriage, [118];
President Hénault’s words concerning, [118];
plans to capture the fancy of Louis XV., [119];
appears as Diana at the Hôtel de Ville ball, [119], [120];
her children, [120];
makes her way into Versailles, [120], [121];
concealed by Louis XV., [121];
withdraws to her chateau at Étioles, [122];
receives title of Marquise, [124];
her presentation, [125];
treatment of her by the court, [127];
her attitude toward the Queen, [127–129];
her theatre of the little Cabinets, [132] et seq.;
her fear of losing the interest of the King, [133];
her successes as an actress, [132], [134], [139], [140], [142], [145];
wants to play comedy at Versailles, [135];
draws up regulations for players at her theatre, [137], [138];
plays and sings, [139];
in the ballet of Almases, [140];
her last performance, [146];
Rousseau’s letter to, [146];
her power, pomp, and opulence, [147] et seq.;
her sepulchre, [149];
her beauty, [149], [150];
what she cost France, [150];
her dwellings and apartments, [150–152];
verses to, by Voltaire, [122–124], [145], [152–154];
her griefs and sadness, [156] et seq.;
threatened with death, [157];
insulted by Madame de Coaslin, [157];
her lack of confidence in the King, [156], [158];
like Scheherezade, [158];
her desire to marry her daughter Alexandrine, [160–162];
death of her daughter Alexandrine, [160];
verses at death of her mother, [160];
Sainte-Beuve’s words concerning, [161];
Paris implacable towards, [162];
verses abusing her, [163–166];
suffers under public abuse, [167];
ready to do anything to hold her place, [168];
makes a show of devotion, [168–170], [173];
has a statue made of herself, [170];
is attacked by fever, [170];
her feeling of insecurity, [170], [171];
endeavors to obtain absolution from the Jesuits, [173], [174];
refused absolution by Père de Sarcy, [174], [175];
solicits a place as lady of the Queen’s palace, [175];
declares her willingness to be reconciled to her husband, [175], [176];
receives communion, [177];
becomes a lady of the palace, [177], [178];
her conduct when Louis XV. was wounded by Damiens, [182], [183];
attitude of the three principal ministers towards, [183];
interview of M. de Machault with, [184], [185];
meets the King and resumes her domination, [186–189];
her grudge against the Jesuits, [189];
her note to the Pope censuring the Jesuits, [189–192];
her methods in politics, [193], [194];
held responsible for the Seven Years’ War, [201];
her interest in porcelains, [202];
her attitude toward the Austrian alliance, [205] et seq.;
her obstinacy, [209], [211];
the object of public vindictiveness, [213];
her attitude towards Voltaire, [215];
her attitude towards Quesnay, [215];
her attitude towards the philosophers, [214] et seq., [221];
La Tour’s pastel of, [216];
anonymous letters to, [217], [218];
reviled by the people, [220];
effects the expulsion of the Jesuits, [221], [222];
eulogized by Voltaire, [223];
foresees the crumbling of the government, [224];
aged prematurely, [226], [227];
her courage in suffering, [227];
falls ill at Choisy, [227];
feels the coming of death, [229];
fears the King more than God, [229];
her death-bed, [229], [230];
her will, [230];
her death, [230], [231];
funeral service of, [231];
regretted by the men of letters, [232], [233];
compared with Marie Leczinska, [233–235], [276].
Porcelains, Madame de Pompadour’s interest in, [202].
Précis du siècle de Louis XV., Voltaire’s, [154].
Préjugé à la mode, Le, performed at Versailles, [139].
Prie, Marquise de, mistress of the Duke of Bourbon, [16];
influence of, at court, [16], [18];
her life, [17];
pleased at marriage of Louis XV. to Marie Leczinska, [31];
plots to get rid of Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, [33];
expelled from court by Louis XV., [35];
the bitterness of her last years, [36], [37];
her death, [38];
rumored to have poisoned herself, [38].
Provence, Count of, [265].

Quesnay, [183], [185];
the confidant of Madame de Pompadour, [215];
his character, [216].

Revolution, the, prophecies of, [218], [219], [224].
Richelieu, Duke de, description of, by D’Argenson, [61];
his plan at court, [62];
made first gentleman of the chamber, [71];
his exasperation at the favor of Madame de Pompadour with the King, [127];
quarrel of, with Duke de la Vallière, [142–144];
his treatment of Madame de Pompadour, [143], [261];
his words concerning Marie Josèphe of Saxony, [259].
Rohan, Cardinal, [26].
Rousseau, his letter to Madame de Pompadour, [146].

Sainte-Beuve, his words concerning Madame de Pompadour, [161];
his description of La Tour’s pastel of Marie Leczinska, [236].
Saint Monica, [269].
Sarcy, Père de, refuses Madame de Pompadour absolution, [174], [175], [190].
Saxe, Marshal, negotiates the marriage of Marie Josèphe of Saxony with the Dauphin, [258–261];
his words concerning Marie Josèphe, [261], [262];
his description of the ceremonial of putting to bed, [262], [263].
“School of Man, The,” a pamphlet attacking Louis XV., [165], [166].
Seven Years’ War, the, Madame de Pompadour held responsible for, [201];
the results of, [212].
Sophie, Madame, [247], [255].
Soubise, [209].
Surprises de l’amour, Les, performed at Versailles, [142].

Tancred, performed at Versailles, [142].
Tartuffe, performed at Versailles, [139].
Theatre of the little Cabinets, at Versailles, [136], [137] et seq.;
regulations for players at, [137], [138];
dramatic performances at, [139], [140];
collection of comedies performed at, [141].
Thétis et Pélée, performance of, [170].
Toulouse, Countess de, her apartment at Versailles, [49];
accused of aiding the intimacy of Louis XV. and Madame de Mailly, [50].
Tournehem, M. Lenormand de, [117].
Tournelle, Madame de la, her birth and marriage, [60];
appointed lady of the palace, [60];
becomes a favorite of the King, [62];
determines to have Madame de Mailly dismissed from court, [62], [63];
her triumph, [65–67];
inferior to Madame de Montespan, [68];
becomes Duchess of Châteauroux, [69–71];
see [Châteauroux, Duchess of].
Tournelle, Marquis de la, [60].
Trois Cousines, Les, performed at Versailles, [139].

Unigenitus, the bull, [195], [196], [200].

Vallière, Duke de la, quarrel of, with Duke de Richelieu, [142–144].
Vanloo, [232].
Versailles, deserted after death of Louis XIV., [13];
festivities at, [111], [112];
theatre constructed for Madame de Pompadour at, [136];
Madame de Pompadour’s apartments at, [150], [151];
the treaty of, [204], [206];
an Austrian party at, [205].
Victoire, Madame, [247], [255].
Vintimille, Countess de, gives birth to a boy, [57];
her death, [57], [58];
see [Félicité, Pauline].
Vitzthum, Count, [259].
Voltaire, his words concerning Marie Leczinska, [27], [28];
his Henri IV., [28], [29];
obtains a pension, [29];
with Madame d’Étioles at her château, [122];
his lines to Madame d’Étioles, [122–124];
his lines to Louis XV., [131];
his lines to Madame de Pompadour at her toilet, [145];
his flattery of Madame de Pompadour, [152–155], [215];
his Enfant prodigue produced at Versailles, [139], [154];
turns against Madame de Pompadour, [166], [167], [208];
quoted, [211];
his words concerning Seven Years’ War, [212], [213];
eulogizes Madame de Pompadour, [223];
his pleasure in foreseeing the French Revolution, [224];
his words concerning Madame de Pompadour after the latter’s death, [232].

Women of court of Louis XV., [1] et seq.

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FAMOUS WOMEN OF THE FRENCH COURT