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Madame du Barry

1743 - 1793

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Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (19 August 1743 – 8 December 1793) was the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France. She was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution on accusations of treason—particularly being suspected of assisting émigrés to flee from the Revolution. She is also known as “Mademoiselle Vaubernier”. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madame du Barry has received more than 2,819,848 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Madame du Barry is the 36th most popular companion, the 233rd most popular biography from France (up from 242nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Companion.

Madame du Barry was a mistress of Louis XV and became the most famous courtesan of the 18th century.

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  • 72.65

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  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among companions, Madame du Barry ranks 36 out of 673. Before her are Anne of Cleves, Mileva Marić, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, Eugénie de Montijo, Maria Theresa of Spain, and Livia. After her are Catherine Parr, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Magda Goebbels, Salman the Persian, Marie Leszczyńska, and Désirée Clary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1743, Madame du Barry ranks 4. Before her are Thomas Jefferson, Antoine Lavoisier, and Jean-Paul Marat. After her are Luigi Boccherini, Alessandro Cagliostro, Marquis de Condorcet, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Toussaint Louverture, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, and Carl Peter Thunberg. Among people deceased in 1793, Madame du Barry ranks 5. Before her are Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI of France, Jean-Paul Marat, and Charlotte Corday. After her are Olympe de Gouges, Carlo Goldoni, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Yolande de Polastron, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Jacques Pierre Brissot, and Francesco Guardi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Madame du Barry ranks 233 out of 6,011. Before her are Philip III of France (1245), Charlotte Corday (1768), Pope Leo IX (1002), Jean-Michel Jarre (1948), Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796), and François Boucher (1703). After her are Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796), Honoré Daumier (1808), Gilles de Rais (1405), Paul Signac (1863), François Quesnay (1694), and Georges Clemenceau (1841).

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Among COMPANIONS In France

Among companions born in France, Madame du Barry ranks 4. Before her are Madame de Pompadour (1721), Joseph Bonaparte (1768), and Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635). After her are Désirée Clary (1777), Elisabeth of Valois (1545), Isabella of France (1295), Claude of France (1499), Hortense de Beauharnais (1783), Brigitte Macron (1953), Emma of Normandy (985), and Henrietta Maria of France (1609).

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