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Madame du Barry

French noblewoman by marriage (1743–1793), last mistress of Louis XV (from 1768 to 1774)
Person Human Q230677

Facts

28 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[17]
Date of birth
August 19, 1743
Date of death
December 8, 1793
Place of birth
Vaucouleurs
Place of death
Paris
Country of citizenship
France[14]
Occupation
royal mistress, courtesan, art collector, modiste, salesperson, opera singer[15]
Position held
countess[16]
Father
Jean-Baptiste Gomard de Vaubernier[11]
Mother
Anne Bécu[12]
Spouse
Guillaume Dubarry[13]
Cause of death
decapitation[20]
Work location
Versailles, Paris[23][24]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[33]
Archives at
Departmental archives of Yvelines[19]
Birth name
Jeanne Bécu[34]
Depicted by
Portrait of Madame Du Barry[26]
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country[27][28][29][30][31][32]
End of work period
1792[38]
Family name
Bécu[21]
Given name
Marie-Jeanne[22]
Manner of death
capital punishment[25]
Name in native language
Madame du Barry[35]
Show all 28 facts +4
Owner of
The Bathers[36]
Place of burial
Madeleine Cemetery[10]
Start of work period
1769[37]
Unmarried partner
Louis XV of France[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en comtesse du Barry Jeanne Bécu en Countess Du Barry en Comtesse Du Barry en Marie-Jeanne Becu en Marie-Jeanne Bécu en Madame du Barry en Madame Barre en comtesse du Barry Jeanne Becu ar مدام دو باري cs Vaubernier Vaubernier cs Jeanne Bécu Barry cs Jeanne Bécu cs Marie Jeanne Rançon cs Marie Jeanne Gomard de Vaubernier da Madame Dubarry de Marie-Jeanne Becu du Barry de Madame Dubarry de Marie-Jeanne Becu, comtesse du Barry de Marie Dubarry de Gräfin Dubarry
🔖 Identifiers · 91
ISNI
0000000120959305
VIAF cluster ID
36927917
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n80040159
GND ID
118527614
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
0 Versailles musée de l'Histoire de France - Portrait de la comtesse Du Barry en Flore - F-H Drouais (1).JPG ↗
AGORHA UUID
8ea77e6d-c42f-4415-8f1d-2b536422f67b
Academy of Athens authority ID
51083
Alvin ID
alvin-person:62217
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151059480
BabelNet ID
00021510n
Bibale ID
66533
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
120040410
Show all 91 identifiers +79
Biblissima authority ID
Philomachus pugnax
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
dubarry-marie-jeanne
CANTIC ID
981058614559006706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02417290
CiNii Research ID
1140282266736508672
Collective Biographies of Women ID
12752
Comic Vine ID
4005-129715
DDB person (GND) ID
118527614
Databazeknih.cz author ID
93956
De Agostini ID
Du+Barry,+Marie-Jeanne+Bécu
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118527614
Dictionnaire des femmes de l’ancienne France ID
Jeanne-Becu
Digital portrait index person (GND) ID
118527614
Electronic Enlightenment ID
becumarie0000139
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
84785
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Jeanne-Becu-comtesse-du-Barry
FAST ID
52825
FES digital collections entity ID
351541
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_118527614
FactGrid item ID
Long Walk of the Navajo
FemBio ID
8093
Find a Grave memorial ID
3236
FranceArchives agent ID
18423137
Freebase ID
/m/01bkyy
Genealogics.org person ID
I00017804
Geni profile ID
6000000003122340189
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
comtessa-du-barry
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0023037
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Jeanne_Dubarry
Grove Art Online ID
T023773
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
16399
IdRef ID
028148185
Interlingual Index ID
i94964
J9U entity ID
987007260392505171
KBR person ID
14089994
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118527614
Kallías ID
PE00287645
LBT person ID
JeDuBar1793
Libris-URI
b8nqrjvv317xqfl
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
01581/eu_d_1930/d1930
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA11289490
NDL Authority ID
00620599
NE.se ID
jeanne-du-barry
NL CR AUT ID
xx0000143
NLAI ID
55052
NLP ID
a0000001178180
NUKAT ID
n2005070463
National Library of Greece ID
228325
National Library of Latvia ID
000088741
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810624786205606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX911039
National Virtual Library of India ID
1198050, 256915
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070607508
Nationalmuseum Sweden ID
11471
Obálky knih ID
xx0000143
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3874617
Open Library ID
OL4267772A
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095732892
PMB – Personen der Moderne Basis person ID
117833
RISM ID
people/41023877
RKDartists ID
440850
Roglo person ID
p=jeanne;n=becu
SBN author ID
UBOV390659
SELIBR ID
207026
SHEWROTE ID
9b815aa4-bf1d-40ec-85f1-f1df5e27c59b
SNAC ARK ID
w6rz0n6v
SVKKL authority ID
0206738-Du-Barry-Jeanne-17431793
The Peerage person ID
p34177.htm#i341762
The Women's Print History Project person ID
1241
Trading Card Database name ID
85852
Treccani ID
du-barry-marie-jeanne-becu-contessa
UCA authority ID
147
Union List of Artist Names ID
500317018
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058614559006706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1248490
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/19057
WikiTree person ID
Bécu-58
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
10963803-n
Yale LUX ID
person/1e314346-0f52-45ef-b29b-77d821d57234

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🔗 Connections
← Characters 6
Marie Antoinette, Marie Antoinette, Joseph Balsamo, Marie Antoinette Queen of France, Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman, Pearls of the Crown
Occupation 5
courtesan, salesperson, royal mistress, modiste, art collector
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Owned entities 2
The broken pitcher, The Bathers
Work location 2
Paris, Versailles
Cause of death 1
decapitation
Country of citizenship 1
France
FactGrid item ID 1
Long Walk of the Navajo
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Manner of death 1
capital punishment
Owner of 1
The Bathers
Place of birth 1
Vaucouleurs
Place of burial 1
Madeleine Cemetery
Place of death 1
Paris
Position held 1
countess
Sex or gender 1
female
Unmarried partner 1
Louis XV of France
← Main subject 1
Jeanne du Barry
← Unmarried partner 1
Louis XV of France
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Madame du Barry was born on August 19, 1743, in Vaucouleurs [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] and died on December 8, 1793, in Paris [1][2][9][3][4][5][7][8]. She was a citizen of France [9][1] and held multiple occupations, including royal mistress, courtesan, art collector, modiste, and salesperson [10]. She was married to Guillaume Dubarry from 1768 until his death in 1793 . She was buried at the Madeleine Cemetery .

FAQs

Where was Madame du Barry born?

Madame du Barry was born in Vaucouleurs[2].

Where did Madame du Barry die?

Madame du Barry passed away in Paris[4].

Who were Madame du Barry's parents?

Madame du Barry's father was Jean-Baptiste Gomard de Vaubernier[11]. Madame du Barry's mother was Anne Bécu[12].

Who was Madame du Barry married to?

Madame du Barry's spouses include Guillaume Dubarry[13].

What did Madame du Barry do for work?

Madame du Barry worked as a royal mistress[5], courtesan[6], art collector[7], modiste[8], and salesperson[9].

Related Entities

France Louis XV of France Marie Antoinette Vaucouleurs Versailles

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  4. 11w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  8. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0206738-Du-Barry-Jeanne-17431793
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0206738-Du-Barry-Jeanne-17431793, batch #259654"
  9. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → royal mistress, courtesan, art collector +3
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  10. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  11. 25w ago · Sj1mor · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Plaque image → Louveciennes plaque Barry.jpg
    "Created claim: Plaque image: Louveciennes plaque Barry.jpg"
  12. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → human
    Unmarried partner → Louis XV of France
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +3
    Manner of death → capital punishment
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