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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 ...
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Learn about the life and legacy of Madame du Barry, the last official mistress of Louis XV, who was a patron of the arts and a friend of Voltaire. Discover her traces in Versailles, where she lived from 1768 to 1774, and her tragic fate during the Revolution.
Nov 9, 2022 · Learn about the rise and fall of Jeanne Bécu, who became Madame du Barry, the most powerful woman in France and the lover of King Louis XV. Discover her story, her apartments at Versailles, her château at Louveciennes and her role in the French Revolution.
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Apr 18, 2019 · Learn about the life and death of Jeanne Bécu Du Barry, who rose from humble origins to become the last mistress of Louis XV and a rival of Marie Antoinette. Discover how she was disgraced, imprisoned and executed during the French Revolution.
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Nov 10, 2021 · Nov. 10, 2021. Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, widely regarded as the most accomplished female painter of the 18th century, painted this gorgeous portrait of Madame du Barry in 1782. That was the year...
Découvrez la vie et les traces de Jeanne Bécu, dite Madame Du Barry, qui fut la maîtresse du roi de 1768 à 1774. Elle fut protégée par Louis XV, mais détestée par la dauphine Marie-Antoinette et guillotinée pendant la Révolution.
Jeanne Bécu, countess du Barry (born August 19, 1743, Vaucouleurs, France—died December 8, 1793, Paris) was the last of the mistresses of the French king Louis XV (reigned 1715–74). Although she exercised little political influence at the French court, her unpopularity contributed to the decline of the prestige of the crown in the early 1770s.
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