Madame du Barry
✶August 19, 1743
†December 8, 1793
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✶August 19, 1743
†December 8, 1793
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Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry 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 Vaubernier".
French noblewoman by marriage (1743–1793), last mistress of Louis XV (from 1768 to 1774)
Biography from the article Madame du Barry on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.