Barry, Jeanne Bécu, otherwise known as Madame du

King's mistress, 1743 - 1793

Jeanne Bécu (1743-1793), Countess of Barry, as a Muse, King Louis XV’s Mistress

Barry, Jeanne Bécu, otherwise known as Madame du: As Louis XVI’s last mistress, she embodied the Ancien Régime when the Revolution started. After having escaped to England, she returned to France in 1793 in order to prevent the seizure of her castle in Louveciennes. Declared an anti-revolutionary, she was ultimately executed on December 8, 1793.

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