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Du Bar·ry (d

, dy

-, dü bä-r

), Comtesse. Title of Marie Jeanne Bécu. 1743-1793.

French courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV. She was sentenced to be guillotined for crimes against the state by a Revolutionary tribunal.

du Barry [djuː ˈbærɪ (French) dy bari]

(Biographies / du Barry, Comtesse (?1743-1793) F, French, MISC: mistress) Comtesse (kɔ̃tɛs), original name Marie Jeanne Bécu. ?1743-93, mistress of Louis XV, guillotined in the French Revolution

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Du Barry - courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793)

Comtesse Du Barry, Marie Jeanne Becu

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