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Madame du Barry. Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (19 August 1743 – 8 December 1793) was the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France. She was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution on accusations of treason—particularly being suspected of assisting émigrés to flee from the Revolution.
Devenue comtesse du Barry par mariage, elle est connue sous l'appellation de Madame du Barry [n 2] ou Jeanne du Barry. Née roturière, elle doit à sa grande beauté d'être devenue une personnalité importante du demi-monde parisien. Plusieurs hommes de la haute noblesse française sont de ses amants et lui apprennent les manières de la Cour.
- Jeanne Bécu
- Comtesse du Barry, (1768-1793)
- Madame du Barry, Mademoiselle Lange, Jeanne (Gomard) de Vaubernier, Jeanne (Bécu) de Cantigny
May 17, 2023 · Maïwenn’s “Jeanne du Barry” follows the life of King Louis XV’s infamous mistress. The 2023 film, which premiered at Cannes last week, received a seven-minute standing ovation. Maïwenn...
Madame du Barry 1743-1793. Countess du Barry 1743-1793. Following the death of Madame de Pompadour in 1764, Jeanne Bécu (known as “Mademoiselle Vaubernier”) became the king's official mistress, and moved to Versailles in 1768.
May 3, 2024 · She was the illegitimate daughter of a cook and a monk. Not a good start. She needed protection. Eventually, Jean-Baptiste du Barry stepped into the keeper role. Not long afterward, she was introduced to King Louis XV and installed at Versailles as his mistress. The rest is history. Advertisement. But what history?
May 2, 2024 · Jeanne du Barry: Directed by Maïwenn. With Stanislas Stanic, Maïwenn, Johnny Depp, Benjamin Lavernhe. The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
