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Marie-Louise O'Murphy (21 October 1737 – 11 December 1814) was a French model who was the youngest lesser mistress (petites maîtresses) of King Louis XV, and the model for François Boucher's painting The Blonde Odalisque, also known as The Resting Girl.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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21 October 1737exact date
Rouenattested“Marie-Louise O'Murphy (or Morfi) was born in Rouen on 21 October 1737 as the youngest of twelve children of Daniel Morfi and Marguerite Iquy.”source: Wikipedia: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
1 April 1753exact date
Parisattested“This is probably a similar account to the information written by Marquis d'Argenson in his diary on 1 April 1753 about Marie-Louise O'Murphy: After the death of her father on 4 June 1753, Marie-Louise's mother brought the family to Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
20 June 1754exact date
Parisattested“After a miscarriage in mid-1753 which almost killed her (as a result this merely brought Louis XV closer to her because he loved the idea that she had almost died "in service" as a proof of her affection for him), Marie-Louise O'Murphy g…”source: Wikipedia: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
11 December 1814exact date
Parisattested“Marie-Louise O'Murphy died in Paris on 11 December 1814 aged 77, at the home of her daughter, Marguerite Le Normant.”source: Wikipedia: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
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1745year
Louvrementioned“La Jeune Fille allongée, also known as l'Odalisque blonde (the Blonde Odalisque), echoes the also erotic Odalisque brune (Brown Odalisque), painted around 1745, several copies of which are kept at the Louvre or the Museum of Fine Arts, R…”source: Wikipedia: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
1752year
Alte Pinakothekmentioned“François Boucher - Ruhendes Mädchen - 1752.JPG|Painting from the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.”source: Wikipedia: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
19 February 1753exact date
Romementioned“Another version supports the theory that the recruitment of Louis XV's little mistresses was done under the control of the inner circle of Madame de Pompadour: Monsieur de Vandières, Director of the King's Buildings (Bâtiments du Roi) in…”source: Wikipedia: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
8 May 1753exact date
Palace of Versaillesmentioned“On 8 May 1753 he wrote very specifically: The term petite maîtresse (little mistress) was given to Louis XV's mistresses that were not formally presented at court, and unlike the official mistress (maîtresse-en-titre) did not have an apa…”source: Wikipedia: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
25 November 1755exact date
Versaillesmentioned“Repudiated by the King, she was sent far away from Versailles: She was hastily married on 25 November 1755, by contract signed before Mr.”source: Wikipedia: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
5 November 1757exact date
Battle of Rossbachmentioned“Thirteen months later, on 5 November 1757, Jacques Pelet de Beaufranchet was killed in action at the battle of Rossbach, and seventeen days later (22 November), Marie-Louise gave birth to a second child, a son, Louis Charles Antoine Pele…”source: Wikipedia: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
1779year
Parismentioned“In 1779, she bought a palace in Paris at the Rue du Faubourg-Poissonière, built in 1773 in the neoclassical style by the architect Samson-Nicolas Lenoir, known as the Hôtel Benoist de Sainte Paulle, which still stands today.”source: Wikipedia: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
1782year
Villennes-sur-Seinementioned“In 1782 at Villennes-sur-Seine, she bought the Migneaux estate, where she had a house built.”source: Wikipedia: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
22 September 1787exact date
Soisy-sur-Seinementioned“On 22 September 1787, she bought from the Choiseuls, for the amount 220,000 livres, a lordship in Soisy-sous-Etiolles, in the immediate vicinity of Etiolles, the former residence of the Marquise de Pompadour.”source: Wikipedia: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
February 1794month
Soisy-sur-Seinementioned“Following the murder of Valdec de Lessart, Marie-Louise then retired to Le Havre, and, unable to flee the country, returned to her castle in Soisy-sous-Etiolles, where she was arrested in February 1794.”source: Wikipedia: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
February 1794month
Le Havrementioned“Following the murder of Valdec de Lessart, Marie-Louise then retired to Le Havre, and, unable to flee the country, returned to her castle in Soisy-sous-Etiolles, where she was arrested in February 1794.”source: Wikipedia: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
19 June 1795exact date
Soisy-sur-Seinementioned“They married on 19 June 1795 at Soisy-sous-Etiolles; however, this union quickly failed, and after almost three years, they divorced on 16 March 1798.”source: Wikipedia: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
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