Louise Julie was the first sister to attract the king followed by Pauline Félicité, but it was Marie Anne who was the most successful in manipulating him and becoming politically powerful.

In 1738, Pauline Félicité wrote to her elder sister, Louise Julie, the king's official mistress, asking to be invited to court.

[1][2] Pauline Félicité then became the second mistress of Louis XV, although her sister kept the official position of maîtresse en titre.

[1] The king lavished her with gifts, the greatest being the castle of Choisy-le-Roi, newly decorated in blue and silver.

[1] She was much more ambitious than her older sister and predecessor, and demonstrated a desire for money and political influence;[5] her arrogance quickly made her hated within the court and by the public.