Jeanne Bécu, comtesse Du Barry

(1743-1793)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Du Barry, Jeanne Bécu, comtesse, 1743-1793 LBT ID: JeDuBar1793 VIAF ID: 36927917 LOC ID: n80040159	B/BAP: 1743-08-19 DIED: 1793-12-08
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The mistress of Louis XV; she was executed during the reign of terror in France.
REFERENCES TO Jeanne Bécu, comtesse Du Barry: John Gibson Lockhart to Charlotte Lockhart Hope, 27 December 1847 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 4 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 21: 1842-50 Lovelace, Ralph Milbanke, Earl of, 1839-1906, Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921) III. Manfred Found 1: ¶ n4