Madame Jeanne du Barry - The Last Great Royal Mistress of France

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    Jeanne Bécu, Jeanne du Barry, Madame du Barry, clawed her way up from the illegitimate daughter of a single mother, to one of the most celebrated courtesans in Paris, to the final royal mistress of King Louis XV. Her captivating life has been dramatized in numerous operas, films and television shows. Most recently in the new film written, directed and starring Maïwenn and featuring Johnny Depp as King Louis. Today we’ll meet the real Jeanne du Barry, learn about her diamond-studded life at Versailles, and find out what happened to her after the final frame of the film, when the revolution caught up with the France’s last great royal mistress.
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  • @LenaFerrari
    @LenaFerrari 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1194

    He insisted his lover needed to be married so they could continue their affair in a more proper manner? Gosh, how times have changed

    • @Lucy-lx3dn
      @Lucy-lx3dn 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      well then there's all the affairs that, you know, never got "formalized".

    • @mariesabine2385
      @mariesabine2385 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +104

      It seems the main purpose of the marriage was to make her a noblewoman rather than a commoner?

    • @LenaFerrari
      @LenaFerrari 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      @@mariesabine2385 the fake birth certificate alone would have done it. It was to make her a "proper woman", wich doesn't make sense nowadays. I mean, some people do still think badly of single woman, but that would be the least of the worries on this scenario

    • @anastasia10017
      @anastasia10017 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +113

      Any mistress needs to be married so that when she gets pregnant by the lover, she can say the child is her husband's child. The husband doesnt care anyway since marriages in those days were arranged and not love marriages and he has his own side chick anyway. And if the king wants your wife as his lover, the husband is treated generously and when the king is done with her, she returns home with armfuls of diamonds and a chateau or two. In the case of the king's mistress, the rules were that she needed to be from the aristocracy. So since Jeanne was a commoner, it was organized that she be married off to a count (he was paid to marry her) so that she could have a title and therefore be eligible to be the king's maitresse en titre.

    • @LenaFerrari
      @LenaFerrari 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@anastasia10017 I understood, I just don't think it would work like that nowadays

  • @her_imperius_condessy
    @her_imperius_condessy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +938

    Mid to late 1700's French aristocracy really was a rollercoaster ride.

    • @KawaiiStars
      @KawaiiStars 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      Honestly, no rest or space for privacy or introvercy but also you could be dropped or raised in status at any time 😮

    • @CALLMESIR...
      @CALLMESIR... 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      And a smelly one too. They actually reeked unless you were privy to a daily bath and had the desire to bathe to begin with. They thought layers of body oils, sweat, and dirt acted as a barrier to disease and infections so in a way, they built up their immune systems being constantly exposed to filth. Lots of people don't know it, but they are the reason why perfume was invented. To cover up the odor.

    • @cameronmoore2713
      @cameronmoore2713 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      ​@CALLMESIR... I find this strange because even medieval people washed daily and took a full on bath regularly, if not daily.

    • @wywy74
      @wywy74 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      well at least there were highs….the rest of the people were on the endless misery train!

    • @ellendemarie3776
      @ellendemarie3776 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      As far as I’m concerned the monarchy/aristocracy has not changed

  • @Kerriangel
    @Kerriangel 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1415

    “There are a lot of people at Versailles today.”

    • @DivaDShawty
      @DivaDShawty 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +125

      Yes there are.

    • @Jlnkve
      @Jlnkve 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +161

      Marie Antoinette ate with this 😭

    • @ellafischbachbrock2352
      @ellafischbachbrock2352 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +116

      "Yes there are" "Those are my last words to that woman" Marie Antoinette slayed

    • @Digitallavender2000
      @Digitallavender2000 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

      “She just burped” always sends me. The whole scene is just gold!

    • @karinagomez9133
      @karinagomez9133 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Lol!! 😂 I love that movie and that scene is gold ✨️

  • @lfgifu296
    @lfgifu296 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +631

    omg Johnny Depp as Louis XV is something I was not ready to see

    • @DarthDread-oh2ne
      @DarthDread-oh2ne 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Hi friend. She should have stayed in England.

    • @freesprit2159
      @freesprit2159 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      soon it will be available on apple tv and netflix , don't miss it! amazing movie!!

    • @CALLMESIR...
      @CALLMESIR... 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      I know. He always looks epic no matter what character he's playing. Of course Depp is way better looking than Louis the 15th was (according to paintings and text comparisons), but it still worked.

    • @CALLMESIR...
      @CALLMESIR... 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      HEY UTUBE... GET OFF MY ASS!!

    • @miastlouis1008
      @miastlouis1008 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@freesprit2159p

  • @quinta0w035
    @quinta0w035 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +385

    Jeanne being the first woman with the "she belong to the street" insult 💀😂

    • @mrgopnik5964
      @mrgopnik5964 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s said that Louis XV’s children really hated her and even gave her the nickname “madame putain” (lady wh*re)

  • @stephaniex90
    @stephaniex90 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +623

    I NEED A ROYAL MISTRESS SERIES!

    • @chrisgeenadriver1631
      @chrisgeenadriver1631 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      There's videos about Charles 2nd and Louis XIV.

    • @roblundie8378
      @roblundie8378 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      It would be about 5 years long 😂

    • @S.Lethrud
      @S.Lethrud 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I agree a series would be fitting she's got a couple. I like the ones about the bastard children 🥴

    • @LadybugPrinzess
      @LadybugPrinzess 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hope there are non tragic ones too

    • @robertb4000
      @robertb4000 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Can Mistress who became Queen

  • @SakuraAsranArt
    @SakuraAsranArt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +162

    Fun fact: Jeanne du Barry was the primary antagonist to Marie Antoinette and Lady Oscar in the early seasons of the 1979 Japanese anime series Rose of Versailles. Jeanne's portrayal is largely fantastical but overall the anime does try to be somewhat historically accurate. I thoroughly enjoyed it and it hasn't aged too badly for a 70s anime. It's pretty easy to find online if anyone wants something new to binge.

    • @rosegemlights
      @rosegemlights 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I love the series it may not be accurate but it is a great anime to watch

    • @olavwilhelm6843
      @olavwilhelm6843 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      lady oskar ??? japanese garbage ? not thank you

    • @karenschunk2192
      @karenschunk2192 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I love old anime. Robotech blew Voltron out of the water. Thank you for the suggestion. :)

    • @reesiiess
      @reesiiess 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      AHH TYSM!

    • @leodavinci8935
      @leodavinci8935 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      "overall the anime does try to be somewhat historically accurate"
      -> the main character is a lesbian woman who wannabe a man badly, this is historical inaccurate. She is not a king, so the Pope, Cardinals, and Bishops will take her life immediately with no mercy.

  • @KawaiiStars
    @KawaiiStars 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +919

    Zamour was treated more like a pet than a person, that's why he turned on her so quickly during the revolution, there's no such thing as a good slave owner

    • @hahs3489
      @hahs3489 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +166

      I love learning about history but this channel is so apologetic to monarchies throughout history despite their very immoral behaviour

    • @KabbalahSherry
      @KabbalahSherry 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +111

      ​@@hahs3489- Yeah, they caused so much misery, poverty & death to common people. All so they could live very wealthy, privileged lives themselves. As their country would go through famine, etc.. they would feast, as if they didn't have a care in the world. They wore jewelry & clothes, etc that were so expensive, it all could have fed & housed thousands of families in their country. It's all so obscene & gross. And these people weren't any more special than anybody else, or more "deserving" of it. But that's monarchy & nobility for you. 🙄 SMH

    • @roy0402
      @roy0402 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      It's shomor dear. She pronounced it wrong. And it must be india because Bangladesh didn't exist then

    • @De_Séchelles
      @De_Séchelles 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      ​@@roy0402 its in modern day Bangladesh.

    • @meow-sr2bl
      @meow-sr2bl 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@hahs3489facts

  • @ruyfernandez
    @ruyfernandez 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +129

    Ah! The affair of the necklace! Such an incredible story that when I first read about it in the Lady Oscar manga I was not sure how much of it was real.

    • @JenniferBristol
      @JenniferBristol 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      There's a great movie about it, too.

    • @susannairisastarte5192
      @susannairisastarte5192 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The Necklace? Written by Guy de Maupassant ?

    • @JenniferBristol
      @JenniferBristol 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@susannairisastarte5192 No. That's a fictional story from the 1880s. "The Affair of the Necklace" is a true historical event that led to the French Revolution. The movie is a great representation of the events as they unfolded. The Necklace was was broken apart and sold in pieces, so it no longer exists, except in sketches of what it looked like.

    • @JenniferBristol
      @JenniferBristol 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @ruyfernandez The Affair of the Necklace is an actual historical event that's worth reading about the actual events. It's nice that Japanese Anime mentions it, but the actual story is more fascinating.

    • @chevalierdesangreal
      @chevalierdesangreal 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Lady Oscar 🌹

  • @janeyrevanescence12
    @janeyrevanescence12 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +191

    Speaking of Louis XV, I’d like a video on his parents and grandparents as they have a fascinating story of their own.

    • @shariaguillon7861
      @shariaguillon7861 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      If you are referring to the Sun King, there is one on him, complete with a moving photo of what they believe he really looked like.

    • @janeyrevanescence12
      @janeyrevanescence12 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@shariaguillon7861 no, on his parents and grandparents

    • @niuyumingg
      @niuyumingg 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      And definitely his wife, Marie Leszczńyska

    • @olavwilhelm6843
      @olavwilhelm6843 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@shariaguillon7861 the sun king was his great grandfather ....thooo lol

  • @sarahd.5244
    @sarahd.5244 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +279

    Considering how many sad, tragic stories we have of women in history, especially unmarried mothers and women who got tangled up with royalty, it's a nice surprise to hear how Jeanne took care of her mother throughout her early career. It probably would have been easier to leave her mother behind, but she didn't.
    I knew she died, I didn't realize her downfall was due to a former slave getting retribution! That's some irony there, considering her own childhood as the "pet" of a rich woman ... whereas that acting led to her education and social climbing, Zamor had no hope of a life change until the revolution. I hope Zamor lived a good life, little is known about him after Jeanne's demise. I can't fathom the horror of being kidnapped and enslaved as a child, living in a strange land ... and then the audacity of his captors to expect him to be "loyal" to them!

    • @lorimayhill6056
      @lorimayhill6056 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Always dreading on the negative. Alternatives likely would have included hard labor slavery , gruelling physical abuses and death. Here he was given a lavish life . Jeanne did not ask for him, he was presented as a gift to her for companionship . As she could never hold the company of another . You will recall Louis grandma had a Nigerian dwarf that impregnated her …. So …. There have been far worse fates deposed upon a “slave” .

    • @sarahd.5244
      @sarahd.5244 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      @@lorimayhill6056 are you a time traveler from the 1700s trying to defend slavery in our futuristic 2024?

    • @Edmonton-of2ec
      @Edmonton-of2ec 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I doubt it. With Napoleon restoring slavery and the population of France in 2024 still being wildly racist, I sincerely doubt his life thereafter was fulfilling, free or long.

    • @carlabroderick5508
      @carlabroderick5508 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ⁠@@lorimayhill6056
      Enslavement could never be justified, however considering the fates which could have awaited him or any servant in this period of deathly poverty, he was fortunate. Loot he obtained might have supported him and his family for life.

    • @brookelynnwu8016
      @brookelynnwu8016 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I’d say 50/50 chance he had a happy life afterwards. After awhile the revolution started getting too overzealous. And many people who were involved in starting the revolution found themselves on the receiving end of the guïlløtine. It was not a safe time for anyone, you might think as a peasant you’d be safe. But if you were suspected of being pro-monarchy, or weren’t passionate about the ‘revolution’ you could face the same fate as the nobility.

  • @l.b.2592
    @l.b.2592 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    I listened to this clip while cleaning a room. The narrator did an excellent job of bringing everything to visual life.

    • @peachy9550
      @peachy9550 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This is an excellent idea actually

  • @lowelldaniel-nq5dr
    @lowelldaniel-nq5dr 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    How horrified Marie Antoinette would be using an image of her to represent Madame Dubarry

  • @avaglennon9873
    @avaglennon9873 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    I wondered if the necklace was the same one that Marie Antoinette got conned with. That’s so interesting!

  • @sgillespie964
    @sgillespie964 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +178

    Its a good film, puts a better spin on her relationship with Louis but it HIGHLY fictionalises her relationship Zamou. She mistreated him badly so its no wonder he turned on her

    • @melchiorlise2466
      @melchiorlise2466 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      Maïwenn gave herself the role (she was the director) but she wasn't Jeanne Du Barry. She was Maïwenn doing a cosplay of Jeanne Du Barry but she was unwilling to step into her skin and let go of her modern worldview to embody the character. Which is why la Du Barry seems to be unable to do anything wrong in this movie, every decision she makes is the right one, everyone who doesn't like her is a villain.

    • @jaybee4118
      @jaybee4118 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I guess we watched a different movie.

    • @lisac6399
      @lisac6399 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      She actually did not, I read the book... she loved children, couldn't have any... Zamor was also Indian, it's sad that he was taken away from his parents...

    • @antisocialal4799
      @antisocialal4799 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lisac6399Bro, how are you going to romanticize slavery? Are you really going to stand up for monarchy and not the thousands of people starving and millions that died over the centuries for these rich assholes? The same shit is going on now, but oh capitalism so good. Ignoring the fact that feudalism came before capitalism and are on equal playing fields. I can’t stand you sympathizers. It’s my main critique of this channel is making out these monarchs as good people. They were not. They were enslavers.

    • @Jerseyboondocks
      @Jerseyboondocks 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      No she was a very kind lady from all accounts. Sorry if that doesn't fit your narrative

  • @chrisgeenadriver1631
    @chrisgeenadriver1631 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

    I saw Johnny Depp as Louis XV and I just saw Grindelwald in a pirate hat.

    • @JenniferBristol
      @JenniferBristol 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I saw him as The Libertine, which he also starred in. Also a good historical movie.

    • @dawncharlonne1961
      @dawncharlonne1961 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

  • @jaymar109
    @jaymar109 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    Hi Lindsay, I’ve gotten really into all your videos you are a great storyteller! You should do a video on Queen Marie Leszczyńska of France!

  • @patrickkelmer6290
    @patrickkelmer6290 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    I love the 1919 silent film starring Pola Negri as Madame du Barry.

  • @reneeugeniomalo8213
    @reneeugeniomalo8213 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +99

    "She made the acquaintance of *cough* had an affair" is so funny😂🤣😂🤣

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Thanks so much, Lindsay! Every week I tune in to enjoy your tea and amazing work! Absolutely loved Madame Barry! Hearth please

  • @lauramason5667
    @lauramason5667 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    This was a particularly moving story. My mother‘s name is Madeleine and her maiden name was Barry. I believe that I’ve heard anyway that we are related to her. Thank you for this meaningful documentary.

    • @sweetlikechocolate437
      @sweetlikechocolate437 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Euh, I don't think Jeanne Bécu had any biological children. So, sorry that's not true!!

    • @lauramason5667
      @lauramason5667 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@sweetlikechocolate437 I didn’t say direct descendant. I meant related to the family.

    • @sweetlikechocolate437
      @sweetlikechocolate437 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Okay then, how are you(and your family) related to Jeanne, as she never had any children.

    • @ClaraP23
      @ClaraP23 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Didn’t she have a brother though

    • @jasmines205
      @jasmines205 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@sweetlikechocolate437her mother couldve had other children or her mother’s siblings etc

  • @CALLMESIR...
    @CALLMESIR... 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    A great movie on this is "The Affair of the Necklace" with Hillary Swank as Jean de la Motte. And Jolie Richardson as the Queen. It focuses mainly around that fantastic diamond necklace that was originally made for Mdme Dubarry from the king. But the king died before he could give it to her or even pay for it, so the jewelers tried to get the queen to buy it, and of course, she refused. This movie is about stealing that necklace. True story.

  • @MissWitchiepoo
    @MissWitchiepoo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    You did a really great job on this. Thank you. I was happy to hear you had the part about Zamore and Duc de Brissac and his rolling head and some other things people usually leave out. She was so beautiful and much more than other women back then and she was a sweet woman. I went to see her apartments in Versailles it's much nicer than the rest of the palace. and I also love Petit Trianon and Marie Antoinette's little village, I was in Paris on the anniversary of MA's death and that was special. I have a ton of books about everyone from that period but then one day I thought what about my own ancestors who were they and since they were not royal it would be harder for me to learn anything about them. What I discovered was that I could find several books where they were mentioned even though a lot were ordinary people so I started collecting because we only hear about royals and not about everyone else and that has been a great hobby to get to know my own people and find out I did have well known people in my family and Viking kings. For anyone who loves history look for your own ancestors, you can find a lot online often people have put their family trees online and that's a help.

  • @Geo_Babe
    @Geo_Babe หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Maiwenn’s film ‘Jeanne du Barry’ was just extraordinary! From the clever take on this amazing woman to the Chanel collab for all the costumes, filming at Versailles, and casting Depp and leaning into his magnificent talent as great actor of the face…. Amazing film. Such a shame more people didn’t see it! ❤ I urge anyone who slept on this film to watch it. It’s streaming free on peacock now here in the USA!

  • @stukale9979
    @stukale9979 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hi Lindsay. I appreciate your work so much. I literaly listen to your story telling every time when I go to sleep, so soothing. Thanks! Keep it up.

  • @lovinglife419
    @lovinglife419 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    What a sad story, but a cautionary one as well. It should be told and taught more often to younger people. If I were a history teacher, I’d stream your videos once a week for my class.

  • @wilhelmmarsch
    @wilhelmmarsch 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    “She made the acquaintance of-“ **COUGH COUGH** “HAD AN AFFAIR WITH-“ 😂

  • @chee3131
    @chee3131 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thanks so much, Lindsay! Every week I almost feel as if you had me in mind when making your vids! Absolutely loved Mme Du Barry!

  • @peacockcrowe2718
    @peacockcrowe2718 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Please do a full video on Madame De Pompadour!

  • @linaaawooo
    @linaaawooo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    You explain this stuff better than my history teacher keep going girl!

  • @anubratabit3027
    @anubratabit3027 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Since you have already covered the women of Louis XIV & Napoleon, it would be better to now make a full series on French kings.

  • @ledam2654
    @ledam2654 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +128

    What's creepy is that I was just looking up examples of women of "common" backgrounds--as in completely common, not even minor nobility, who married into nobility and even royalty. Then boom! This video pops up

    • @callmethecommentcountess9329
      @callmethecommentcountess9329 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Interesting

    • @kaylarechelle111
      @kaylarechelle111 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      When she said King Louis died on may 10 1774 i noticed that I am watching this on 10th of may lol

    • @Kenistyless
      @Kenistyless 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Middleton...

  • @DivaDShawty
    @DivaDShawty 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I’ve always wanted to know more about her. Thanks!

  • @larahemilton
    @larahemilton 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I already knew this story, but you tell it so well. Riveting

  • @AliSakurai
    @AliSakurai 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +98

    I'm just wondering how she could have worn that crazy necklace had she gotten the chance to get it.

    • @Sienna6164
      @Sienna6164 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      I’m so glad that I’m not the only one who is wondering how it would be worn

    • @AliSakurai
      @AliSakurai 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      ​@Sienna6164 I have been wondering for years honestly. Try wearing that thing when you're trying to eat.

    • @Sienna6164
      @Sienna6164 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@AliSakurai I know. Like, what if food falls on it. Should you wear a bib?

    • @heidibock1017
      @heidibock1017 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I thing the long crossover pieces would have been pinned across the front of whatever gown she wore it with? I did see pictures of a repro once...

    • @Sienna6164
      @Sienna6164 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@heidibock1017 Like the jewels, or the ribbons? Cause I always assumed that they would tie around the neck

  • @oliviapendergast1
    @oliviapendergast1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you for posting this video I have been waiting all week!!

  • @myownrose
    @myownrose 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I absolutely love your videos! I've been captivated by the unique content you create and the engaging way you present it. Perhaps you could consider creating videos about the queens and princesses from the Balkans and Romania, during the period from 1850-1950. I think their fascinating histories and the rich cultural backdrop of that era would make for some truly compelling content. Looking forward to potentially seeing this idea come to life in your future work!❤

  • @yaraviera4444
    @yaraviera4444 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks so much for taking us a little back to history

  • @RoseRedd-k4b
    @RoseRedd-k4b 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I really liked this video Lindsay. I like how she smiled at the king with her beautiful violet blue almond shaped eyes. She seems really beautiful.

    • @ClaraP23
      @ClaraP23 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agreed

  • @tylishaqueenoceanriver1676
    @tylishaqueenoceanriver1676 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I simply love your videos ❤❤ you’re my official teacher

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    Your voice and narration are the Best lindsay! Your hardwork is always appreciated! You're WAY better than all those AI documentaries out there put together😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

    • @h0rriphic
      @h0rriphic 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      So freaking true. A real human voice cannot be topped by AI- especially someone as lovely and knowledgeable as Ms. Lindsay Holiday. ✨🩵

    • @carag2567
      @carag2567 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Completely agree! As I was watching I actually had a moment of appreciation for Lindsay's narration. More and more frequently, I click on videos only to hear the robotic spasm, or worse, vaguely human voice that suspiciously never needs to breathe AI nonsense and frankly, it pisses me off. It's so lovely to hear an actual person talking to us 💕

  • @aprilnelson9044
    @aprilnelson9044 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I absolutely love your videos! Thanks so much for all the work you do; it really shows in the finished product and I deeply appreciate it. No matter the subject, I know when I click on one of your videos that both knowledge and entertainment await! :)

  • @imperiumbrasiliae
    @imperiumbrasiliae 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Mind you not even his first great grandson Louis XV had an elder brother who was shockingly also called Louis that died less then a month after his father

  • @makenziholland5202
    @makenziholland5202 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This one was really good, thank you 🎉

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Early! You're the Queen of history lindsay! Never miss a video of yours! Can you please consider a video on blessed karl?❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @lizziesangi1602
    @lizziesangi1602 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very enjoyable documentary! Paintings and the jewels of the day are spectacular! Thank you

  • @eugene2789
    @eugene2789 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Omg i was waiting for you to talk about her!!!!

  • @aleksanderherman6129
    @aleksanderherman6129 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Love ittt, great work as always! ❤️

  • @catandrobbyflores
    @catandrobbyflores 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Holy flip! 10 children for the princess Maria. I applaud her surviving that many in those times.

  • @pistolannie6500
    @pistolannie6500 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    TY for Not putting this to AI to read! You have a good voice for it.

  • @MoMommin
    @MoMommin 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love her narrating voice ❤

  • @janehughes2279
    @janehughes2279 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for piles 1 and 3 feel good about the future😊

  • @emilybarclay8831
    @emilybarclay8831 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    I admire her rise from rags to riches, but I do wish there was a way a woman could achieve success and wealth in that time period that didn’t involve having to sleep with nasty older men, be it through marriage or mistresshood

    • @jaciriley123
      @jaciriley123 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      They weren't aloud to work other than labor jobs or being a governess and were paid a pittance of what their male counterparts were, if they did earn money in a legitimate way and were married anything they earned would belong to there husbands and later there male children. Women weren't educated in practical things it was very rare for a woman to be educated above the level of a 10 year old by today's standards ( except maybe in languages upper class women were taught multiple languages) and if they were lucky enough to have a male family member who aloud them to further education they weren't aloud to do anything with that education.

    • @merchantfan
      @merchantfan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      It was a very hard time to be a woman. There were successful middle class women who were business women but the truly rich were usually nobility and then that system was very much about who you slept with. And part of what caused the French revolution was that there was such a significant difference between the rich and other classes

    • @Laurenrenrenren
      @Laurenrenrenren 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      How? That's just not realistic.

    • @leapintothewild
      @leapintothewild 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@jaciriley123 allowed, not aloud

    • @captainwartburger2571
      @captainwartburger2571 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Maybe if your name was Lady Whistledown 🤣

  • @Sunshine-zm1fx
    @Sunshine-zm1fx 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    This is the first time one of your videos made me cry, Lindsay. What a horrible end to her life. She didn't really do anything wrong her entire life. She did a lot with what she was given in life. The way she was treated growing up, so many people would have ended up differently. She should have lived her life out in her beautiful country home and died if old age. Poor woman.

    • @pisceanbeauty2503
      @pisceanbeauty2503 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Dealing with the aristocracy was always a precarious matter, no matter the social class. Nothing to romanticize or aspire too.

    • @SassyyjuicyMaria
      @SassyyjuicyMaria 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      She should have remained in England

    • @altinaykor364
      @altinaykor364 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@pisceanbeauty2503 but people like you have the right to romanticize lunatics, right? how hypocritical

    • @Kenistyless
      @Kenistyless 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Poor woman; forget about the slave ; we've taken 12 million , so it really doesn't matter...

  • @vonniecao3991
    @vonniecao3991 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +88

    I have a request: can you make a video about Madame de Pompadour? Not much is known about her and I would love to know about the history of this woman. I've seen mentions about her in like anime and a few movies. I even looked up if she's even a real person. I thought it'd be nice to talk about her since I think she was mistress before du Barry. I might be wrong so I'm sorry if I get the timeline wrong

    • @DianaDonineaux
      @DianaDonineaux 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Not much !!! What are you talking about ? She is way more popular than Madame Du barry .

    • @thedog-earedpage426
      @thedog-earedpage426 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      She already made a video about Madame de Pompadour.

    • @JenniferBristol
      @JenniferBristol 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The hairstyle Pompadour was named after her! Do more research than Japanese Anime!

  • @nfinitace
    @nfinitace หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That was f*cking depressing. She lived a commoner's dream and died a Royal's death. Bad timing.

  • @jillb2161
    @jillb2161 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love your knowledge of this subject . Louis 15 also loved her derriere and had her painted for his eyes Only ,but now you can buy them on postcards in the streets of Paris 💗

  • @historicalgarb8790
    @historicalgarb8790 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Her ending is so incredibly sad :(

  • @Mina-Diamandis
    @Mina-Diamandis 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a fascinating woman. Thank you for the video!

  • @aliblanco6107
    @aliblanco6107 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was an amazing story. Thank you....❤❤❤

  • @oliviapendergast1
    @oliviapendergast1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Your videos are the best !!

  • @susieschlotzhauer9924
    @susieschlotzhauer9924 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +184

    Can you imagine having to behave while your husband flaunts mistresses tell me their wasn’t a wig snatched at least once back then in Versailles 😅

    • @catandrobbyflores
      @catandrobbyflores 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      Smile and put up with it honestly all they could do. But i do agree at least one wig went flying.

    • @christines6604
      @christines6604 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Ahahah funny for sure, most women are not into sharing its a man's thing so can you imagine all the shit 😂

    • @tenabarnes3269
      @tenabarnes3269 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Women in nobility always had their quiet share of extramarital escapades also, most times it was often overlooked as long as it wasn’t publically flaunted. This was of course, after the heir and spare had been produced.

    • @babyramses5066
      @babyramses5066 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      If my 🦪 looked like the cave of wonders after birthing 10 of his kids, I'd be mad too. The only court I'd want to see his mistresses in is divorce court.

    • @susieschlotzhauer9924
      @susieschlotzhauer9924 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@babyramses5066 hahahaha I legit spit my water you’re hilarious 😆

  • @wykd3742
    @wykd3742 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Rose of Versailles ❤❤❤

  • @jonatikaWwe
    @jonatikaWwe 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Interesting to know the true story behind the movie, thanks! I’d only say the last phrase is rather inaccurate, it was not “her ambition” that cut her life short, it was the bloody and violent ahemmm I mean fraternal revolution!! 😅

  • @theresalaux5655
    @theresalaux5655 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Golly, what a gruesome ending !😮

  • @Carlandmeareniceanskind90
    @Carlandmeareniceanskind90 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Imagine what an insane reality tv show the French aristocracy would have made in those days! The brutality of French court during King Louie IV, the sadness of the loves lost of his grandson, followed by the stallion he became and all those women! The fashions..Madame Pompadour’s hairstyles..young Madam du Barry and her..adventures?!? would have had many glued to the tv lol and the villain Robespierre, what a monster.. he would have us voting him off the show for ruining all the fun…and for the last season, enter Napoleon!

  • @Andreaofaragon
    @Andreaofaragon 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great video

  • @MrsBees
    @MrsBees 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The French revolution and the bloodbath it became is just so sad to me. How people could think that killing people for small things was ok is just crazy. (Heck, most of the time they were actually innocent.) Don't get me wrong... the "people" were starving and were being taxed literally to death while the aristocracy overindulged and had so much excess and waste. They demanded more money and really didn't care about the "people" that funded their lifestyle. Justice and reform would have been to redistribute their wealth and step then if the luxury they lived in and made to live like they were. However the mobs twisted "justice" into something so perverse and despicable. It just goes to show you the power of the mob. No one person would believe these acts were just. But when they are together in a group that evilness grows and the gates of chaos are unleashed.

    • @jillb2161
      @jillb2161 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Totally agree with you 🦘

  • @MalloryNewcomb
    @MalloryNewcomb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow. She is if nothing else, a fascinating woman. What a tragic ending. Also I think that reaction to the guillotine is more relatable than most. You often hear of people that are unusually calm.
    If I’m not mistaken, she didn’t ask the king to spend that much money on the necklace.
    I get now why you mentioned she wasn’t even a political figure. Was she well-known in her time? Like even commoners knew about her?

  • @sapphire2797
    @sapphire2797 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Could you do an episode on mistresses in general? in warious courts, how were they treated, did they get along with queens consorts etc

  • @astardustparade
    @astardustparade 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The new movie is so good!

  • @akaemmaclaire
    @akaemmaclaire 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was hoping you'd do a video on this movie!!! 🤩

  • @Gio2050h
    @Gio2050h 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excelent video! ❤

  • @Justhere853
    @Justhere853 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    So Louis and Marie Antoinette booted her from the palace but later reunited for eternity in a mausoleum after the guillotine.

  • @bobbyhogg5727
    @bobbyhogg5727 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video!! Thankyou!!🤩

  • @animallover6766
    @animallover6766 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love the documentaries you do 😍❤ would it be possible to do one for the French revolutionary Theroigne de Mericourt?

  • @morticiasunshine1402
    @morticiasunshine1402 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This was so good so good thank you so much so interesting, isn't she also the lady who they kind of got the archetype of the dumb blonde from? I don't remember but I thought that was someone with the last name of Dewberry as well

  • @torturedGenius73
    @torturedGenius73 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great show Lindsay!

  • @randomgirlnamedfefe
    @randomgirlnamedfefe 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I knew it. It was never Marie's fault damn I feel bad for her because she had to pay the price of her husband's family

  • @DerrickJLarson
    @DerrickJLarson 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely excellent video.👍👍

  • @benjamin_william_farzad
    @benjamin_william_farzad 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Respect to all royal family

  • @VeracityLH
    @VeracityLH 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "De grâce, monsieur le bourreau, encore un petit moment!".
    You can't help but pity this poor soul.

  • @Marenlauder1
    @Marenlauder1 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The figure of the sleeping beauty at Madame Tussaud’s is a life model of Jeanne du Barry taken by Madame Tussaud herself. She is exquisitely beautiful. And she breathes! 😊

  • @areiaaphrodite
    @areiaaphrodite 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Lindsey should do videos on the mistresses and children of Louis XV next, like the ones she did on Louis XIV

  • @samanthamaynard4447
    @samanthamaynard4447 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Dauphin is pronounced "dough-fan" and is the masculine. You are saying "dough-feen," which equates to "dauphine" and is the feminine.

  • @queencailo
    @queencailo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    "Doph-EEN" is the feminine version. "Doph-AHN" is the male version. His son was Le Grand Dauphin, not Le Grand Dauphine.

  • @alicianelson1252
    @alicianelson1252 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I always found her interesting it’s rare that a woman can rise from the slums in history

  • @lakrids-pibe
    @lakrids-pibe 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Gambling debt seems to be a big factor in the changing life trajectories.

  • @LucaZhang
    @LucaZhang 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Rose of Versailles is quite accurate story then

  • @ledam2654
    @ledam2654 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Lindsay, can you make a video of Karin Månsdotter, daughter of a soldier/commonor who became Queen Consort of Sweden through her marriage to Eric XIV of Sweden?

  • @aairsick
    @aairsick 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    An amazing and intriguing life!

  • @dmu9736
    @dmu9736 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Amazing how the police back then without the tech we have today were able to track down her jewels in another country but today they can't find squat and if they do they have excuses not to give it back unless taken to court.

  • @dancetothenight
    @dancetothenight 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Holy Fck Lindsey. What a fantastic incredible life story! When you got it, baby you got IT

  • @ellerose9164
    @ellerose9164 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great video, thank you👍I only wish you would research the pronounciations of the names

    • @mjpsy7121
      @mjpsy7121 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😲

  • @gemmaparker7231
    @gemmaparker7231 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Poor woman, no deserves that ending

  • @sweetlikechocolate437
    @sweetlikechocolate437 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    22:33 wrong, it wasn't Louis that offered the necklace to his wife, it was the jewellers Boehmer and Bassenge that made the extravagant necklace that offered the necklace to Marie Antoinette.

  • @Sienna6164
    @Sienna6164 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    18:47- Hey, so does anyone have an idea how the hell that big diamond necklace would be worn? Like is it supposed to be the ties, is there a clasp, cause those ties look decorative.

  • @88kidflash
    @88kidflash 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    She didn’t deserve that ugh

  • @catlamp4135
    @catlamp4135 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don't know why, but something about the French Revolution makes me so so sad. Seeing the monarchy end makes me sad.

    • @emilybarclay8831
      @emilybarclay8831 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Move to Saudi Arabia , a country with an absolute monarchy to see what it’s like living under one. You won’t enjoy it

  • @karenokeane6461
    @karenokeane6461 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fabulous narrative. I mean, you can't make this stuff up. LOL. Merci, Lindsay. :)