Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour
Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise De Pompadour
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Mistress of Louis XV of France from 1744, born in Paris. She largely dictated the government's ill-fated policy of reversing France's anti-Austrian policy for an anti-Prussian one. She acted as the patron of the Enlightenment philosophers Voltaire and Diderot.
The temple of Angkor Wat had five towers but often only three are depicted. Red and blue recall the earlier flags of Cambodia. Effective date: 20 June 1993.