Jeanne Bécu

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Jeanne Bécu, better known as Madame du Barry, was the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France and a prominent figure at the royal court in the years leading up to the French Revolution.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jeanne Bécu canonical 5
Anne Bécu 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French noblewoman ⓘ
executed person ⓘ
human ⓘ
royal mistress ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Comtesse du Barry ⓘ
linked to: Madame du Barry

Madame du Barry ⓘ
associatedWith French Revolution ⓘ
Louis XV of France ⓘ
Marie Antoinette ⓘ
causeOfDeath guillotine ⓘ
causeOfMarriage to obtain noble status for presentation at court ⓘ
convictedOf treason ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1743-08-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1793-12-08 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1768 ⓘ
employer Louis XV of France ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution by guillotine ⓘ
memberOf French royal court of Louis XV ⓘ
mother Anne Bécu ⓘ
linked to: Jeanne Bécu
name Jeanne Bécu ⓘ
notableFor being the last chief royal mistress of King Louis XV ⓘ
symbolizing the perceived excesses of the Ancien Régime in revolutionary propaganda ⓘ
notableWork commissioning works from architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux ⓘ
commissioning works from painter Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun ⓘ
patronage of the Château de Louveciennes ⓘ
occupation courtesan ⓘ
lady-in-waiting ⓘ
participantIn Reign of Terror ⓘ
patronOf architecture ⓘ
arts ⓘ
decorative arts ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lorraine ⓘ
Vaucouleurs ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
Revolutionary France ⓘ
linked to: French Revolution
politicalContext Ancien Régime France ⓘ
linked to: Ancien Régime
positionHeld maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XV of France ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Château de Louveciennes ⓘ
Palace of Versailles ⓘ
significantEvent presentation at the court of Versailles in 1769 ⓘ
socialBackground illegitimate birth ⓘ
spouse Guillaume du Barry ⓘ
title Comtesse du Barry ⓘ
linked to: Madame du Barry

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Madame du Barry → birthName → Jeanne Bécu ⓘ
Jeanne Bécu → name → Jeanne Bécu ⓘ
Jeanne Bécu → mother → Anne Bécu ⓘ
linked to: Jeanne Bécu
Jeanne Vaubernier → alsoKnownAs → Jeanne Bécu ⓘ
Jeanne Vaubernier → birthName → Jeanne Bécu ⓘ
Comte Guillaume du Barry → spouse → Jeanne Bécu ⓘ