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  2. Madame du Barry - Wikipedia

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    Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (28 August 1744 – 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.

  3. Affair of the Diamond Necklace - Wikipedia

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    In 1772, Louis XV of France decided to make Madame du Barry, one of his mistresses, a special gift at the estimated cost of 2,000,000 livres (approximately US$17.5 million in 2024). He requested that Parisian jewelers Charles Auguste Boehmer and Paul Bassenge create a diamond necklace that would surpass all others in grandeur.

  4. The Affair of the Necklace - Wikipedia

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    In the film, Marie Antoinette explains that Madame du Barry, Louis XV's mistress was recently banished from the French court. In fact, du Barry was banished from Versailles in 1774 shortly before the king died from smallpox, and the necklace was presented to Marie Antoinette in 1778, and again in 1781, but she refused the necklace both times ...

  5. Maîtresse-en-titre - Wikipedia

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    Madame du Barry became a Maîtresse-en-titre despite her "low birth", which was considered scandalous. Agnès Sorel Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan Madame de Pompadour The maîtresse-en-titre ( French: [mɛtʁɛs ɑ̃ titʁ] ) was the official royal mistress of the King of France . [ 1 ]

  6. George Grieve - Wikipedia

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    George Grieve (1748–1809), or Greive (as he latterly spelled it), was the persecutor of Madame Du Barry. Grieve was the son of Richard Grieve, an attorney, of Alnwick , and Elizabeth Davidson. Both Richard and the grandfather, Ralph, a merchant, had been prominent at Alnwick in political contests, and George's elder brother, Davidson Richard ...

  7. Jeanne du Barry reviews: Critics suggest French film is not ...

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  8. FACT CHECK: No, Ghislaine Maxwell Has Not Died In Prison - AOL

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    A post on X claims that Maxwell has died while in prison, citing a post from the message board 4chan, who they say first reported Epstein’s death while in custody. “Looks like Ghislaine ...

  9. Jean-Baptiste du Barry - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Baptiste DuBarry, comte du Barry-Cérès, vidame de Châlons en Champagne (1723 - 17 January 1794) was a French nobleman. He is most notable as the lover and pimp of Jeanne Bécu (later better known as Madame du Barry, Louis XV's last official mistress), later becoming her brother-in-law by arranging a marriage-of-convenience between her and his younger brother Guillaume Dubarry at the ...