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  1. 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. She is also known as “ Mademoiselle ...

  2. 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. In spite of the best efforts of the Duke of Choiseul (Secretary of State and an ally of the king's former mistress) and the scorn poured upon ...

  3. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia: Madame du Barry , sur Wikimedia Commons Madame du Barry , sur Wikiquote (en) Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry (Projet Gutenberg) Arsène Houssaye, La comtesse Du Barry: sa vie amoureuse, le gazetier cuirassé ..., 1878. Mathieu-Francçois Pidansat de Mairobert, Anecdotes sur M. la comtesse Du Barri (sic), 1775. Madame Du Barry sur le site officiel du château ...

    • Madame du Barry, Mademoiselle Lange, Jeanne (Gomard) de Vaubernier, Jeanne (Bécu) de Cantigny
  4. Nov 26, 2019 · 1. She Had An Outrageous Start. Fittingly, Madame du Barry was born into scandal. Born Jeanne Bécu, she was the illegitimate daughter of provincial French seamstress Anne Bécu and a mystery gentleman. Although her father’s identity is still unconfirmed, he may have been the naughty friar Jean Jacques Gomard.

  5. Bust of Madame du Barry. References [ change | change source ] ↑ A King's favourite, Madame du Barry, and her times from hitherto unpublished documents by Claude Saint-André with an introduction by Pierre de Nolhac and 17 illustrations , New York, Mc Bride, Nast & Company, 1915, p. 3 (a translation from the French publication by Tallandier ...

    • Jean Baptiste Gormand
    • Guillaume du Barry, Count of Barry
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  7. May 17, 2023 · As early as 1917, J. Gordon Edwards directed Theda Bara in “Madame Du Barry.” Silent film star Pola Negri also played the courtesan in Ernst Lubitsch’s “Passion,” which came out in 1920.

  8. Affair of the Diamond Necklace. The diamond necklace was commissioned by Louis XV of France for his mistress, Madame du Barry. At the death of the King, the necklace was unpaid for, which almost bankrupted the jewellers and then led to various unsuccessful schemes to secure a sale to Queen Marie Antoinette. The Affair of the Diamond Necklace ...

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