Madame de Pompadour may have only been the chief mistress of the King of France, but she was certainly a queen. Although she was of common birth, she could play the clavichord, was well educated in many arts, had a lifelong thirst for literature, and seduced the king. She was admired by many and considered beautiful and charming as well as extremely intelligent. Among her friends there were intellectuals such as Voltaire and the Queen of France, although she was a bourgeois lover, and a little different. The great Madame Pompadour was born Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, on December 29, 1721. She was bourgeois, a commoner, all things considered, she had a rather happy childhood. Her parents took her to a fortune teller who told her she would "capture the heart of a king." Her family teased her about her fate for the rest of her life, calling her "Reinette" meaning little queen. As a child she was taught to sing, memorize plays, paint, play the clavichord, and practice the more ladylike arts. At nineteen she married Charles-Guillaume Le Normant d'Etoiles. It was an arranged marriage and didn't last long, even though he adored her. She had two children with d'Etoiles, a son who died in childbirth and a daughter nicknamed "fan fan". She founded her own salon on her husband's estate and was joined by many famous intellectuals, such as Voltaire. She grew up in society at an alarming rate, due to those she hung out with and her friends. After all, this is a fantastic strategy, to make friends with the upper class and earn the respect of their acquaintances. Louis XV, the current king of France at the time, came to know her this way. Many knew his name and the rumors were spread even halfway through the paper. In the Pompadour family, he created what he believed were appropriate nicknames for his children. Unfortunately, he didn't quite understand how these shortened names worked. His choices were “Locque” and “Coche” which mean “rag” and “coach” in French. This is another characteristic that makes them different from most eighteenth-century couples, as Louis often tried to incorporate aspects of her bourgeois background into his daily life. These actions caused many rumors to spread about the two of them. Indeed, many aristocrats and other members of the royal family did not find his common blood and strange customs in any way unique or fascinating. There was endless talk about her. It didn't help that she was extremely interested in democratic philosophy and enlightenment, two concepts that were used by revolutionaries later in history..