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Madame du Barry

French courtesan
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... Wikipedia
Born: August 19, 1743, Vaucouleurs, France
Died: December 8, 1793 (age 50 years), Place de la Concorde, Paris, France
Parents: Anne Bécu
Spouse: Comte Guillaume du Barry (m. 1768)
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