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Du Barry, Comtesse


Definition of Du Barry, Comtesse
  • (1743–93), French courtier and mistress of Louis XV; born Marie Jeanne Bécu; known as Madame Du Barry. During the French Revolution she was arrested by the Revolutionary Tribunal and guillotined.

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