Welcome to the History Tricks, where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely coincidental.

And here's your 30-second summary.

Born into a bourgeois family that had enough drama for their own reality show, she created a spinoff of her own,

and she'd a life goal of becoming the most influential mistress of the king that France has ever seen.

Let's talk about Madame de Pompadour.

Okay, let's place her into history.

In 1721, Johann Sebastian Bach opens his Britain and Birken's share toast.

The very first small-packs vaccine is administered.

The first American insurance agent starts his business.

South Carolina is formally incorporated as a royal colony, a live Hugh Yale, who is a benefactor for the Yale University, died.

And on December 29, 1721, Johann Antoinette Plusa was born.

Just a quick word before we begin.

This episode is all about a woman of negotiable affection.

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Johann Antoinette Plusa.

She is the first child of Louise Madeleine de la Motte.

And the father of record is Francois Plusa.

Let's just say Momo had an adventurous nature.

But since her husband, Mr. Plusa, thought he was the Papa and facts point to the fact that he's probably the Papa.

Let's just go with that convenient fact.

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