Louis XV's 2nd Mistress - Madame Du Barry
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- Louis XV's 2nd misstress, Jeanne Bécu, also known as Mademoiselle de Vaubernier or Mademoiselle Lange, Countess du Barry by, born August 19, 1743 in Vaucouleurs, and executed by guillotine on December 8, 1793 in Paris. She was the last misstress off King Louis XV from 1768 to 1774 .
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Great video I watched the video about Pompadour too but did the king had any other paramours
What an absolutely tragic end for someone who had made the best of what could have been the worst circumstances of birth; to rise to the side of the King of France and then to be thrown like rubbish in to a mass burial pit is so sad a conclusion to what was a remarkably steep trajectory from near poverty to the Royal Court of France.
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That the community supported her so much in Louveciennes spoke volumes about her as a person. Such a sad ending for her. It was a shame she couldn't be advised better of the risks she faced, and make a decision to stay in London until the revolution subsided. Thank you again for a great informative video, I am learning so much. And to all the great comments out there that make this channel a wonderful immersion opportunity in a topic and era of history I enjoy so much.
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My favorite royal mistress 💝 So excited there is finally going to be a movie done about her. Movie is called Jeanne du Barry done by French filmmaker Maïwenn.
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And Johnny Depp is playing the king
I think she was judged too harshly and was a product of her environment
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Agree. The real surprise would have been if she had turned out differently. There were others far worse than Mme. Dubarry.
It’s so hard to find great quality French history videos, like this, in English. Most videos focus on every little detail of the Revolution, this group or that, barriers up or down, dates of endless sub-revolutions and uprisings. Your videos are so much more interesting. Thanks from a new subscriber in San Francisco.
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@@Barnabydemossienaux Snobbish, aren't we? Everyone's interests and foci are different when it comes to history.
Because the details of the French revolution are boring. Maybe you prefer to hear from it by the distorted and ridiculous Holywood movies.
I've always had a soft spot for du Barry. She was the original social climber who reached too high, found success, and then crashed and burned.
Great description of her life ! Thank you so much for sharing !
The second coming of Icarus
She was the original hoe 😆
Amber did the same 😅
I've listen countless inept historians this is the first time i hear a clear story. Very well done. I think Madame Du Barry had a good heart. The revolution was criminal.
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The revolution was necessary . What did you expect the starving neglected people to do? Quiet down and wait for their piece of cake? She thought more highly and greedily of her possessions back in France than she did of her own life. Bet she wished she should have stayed in merry old England after all. She and the rest of them got what was coming.
The Revolution was not criminal. The Terror might have been. Sic semper tyrannis.
@@ovalbeach Many societies have moved from absolute monarchies to constitutional monarchies or representational democracies/republics without the need for hyperviolent extremist movements. This was already happening for a few years before the Reign of Terror. The French Revolution may have brought about much needed sociopolitical changes, but as a whole the path taken was, without question, unnecessarily monstrous.
The revolution wasn't criminal. The TERROR PERIOD of the revolution was criminal. For a while they went utterly insane and lost control of their paranoia and bloodlust. It's a warning to everyone of the risk of changing things too quickly
From all of Louis XV's mistresses, this one is by far the most intriguing. As they say, save the best for last :) She deserves a blockbuster biopic movie with lavish authentic, historical costumes, with all the exciting stories clearly detailed and included, from Vaucouleurs to the guillotine! A truly interesting Parisian beauty
And she's getting one, as we all know. I cannot wait for this video to hit the theatres, also because I am curious to see Johnny Depp as Louis XV. I've always appreciated him as an actor.
@@TheKingsofFrancethe trailer is breathtaking and exceeds all expectations❣️🔥❤️🔥
Yes I just saw the movie trailer for it. It’s in French and Jonny Depp is in it. I’m excited to watch it
@@TheKingsofFrance Yes, but the actress looks so different, her size, her face, her body ... i can't imagine Du Barry when i see the (trailer of) this movie. It couldn't go into my brain ...
@@sabalight2558 Exaclty she looked too old and skinny.
"just one more minute Monsieur !" so very understandable for someone who had loved life.... I hope he was kind and allowed her that small request
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Me, too.
Somehow I doubt it. They were merciless - look how they treated Lamballe and the Dauphin.
@@Roheryn100 My exact thoughts, these so-called "revolutionaries" were sadistic savages that enjoyed inflicting as much suffering and humiliation as possible. Exactly the same mentality as the bolsheviks a century later.
She, not being born an aristocrat, faced the guillotine in terror, and her screams before it were said to be animalistic. The executioner was unnerved and they said hastened to end it because it was affecting the crowd, negatively. It's possible if the aristocrats did not die so courageously facing the guillotine quietly, going to their deaths bravely the guillotining may have been viewed as savage and may have ended earlier. So likely DuBarry was quickly dispatched of to end the horrific scene.
Thank you for this video! I’m glad to know more about her life, I always suspected she was terribly mistreated and my suspicions were correct.
Wow. This 9 min video was EXCELLENT. I got more info....and a whole different perspective on on MME DU BARRY. This was the first time I had ever heard of her generousity and that citizens of her village had signed a petition in her favour.
Very glad you liked it Kevin !
Oh no! I didn't know that Madame Du Barry died by guillotine. This woman was handed so many difficulties in her life and yet she managed to not only survive, but thrive. It is shameful that was her fate.
I am so enjoying your videos! Well done, they are fantastic!
Alas, she did... thank you so much for watching and your kind comment.
If she was a little smarter, she might've lived.
@@henryford2950as long as she was in France she was a marked woman but yeah she should of left when things got bad
Netflix says in the near future. But I will watch the movie on TH-cam. I guess women were just supposed to curl up and die back then. They were darned no matter how they lived. I did watch the tea time channel for Katherine the Great. Amazing.
Poor lady she wasn’t even a royal! She didn’t deserve the guillotine she helped many people in her city!
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@Ana 911......Being royal had nothing to o with being sent to the guillotine. The vast, vast majority of executions were not of the Royalty, Nobility or Clergy.
She really wasn't a bad sort. But sadly, many who died on the guillotine were not Royals or members of the first two Estates.
Excellent video, I did not know she was executed are the guillotine. Thank you
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French revolution was ruthless. So many innocent people were beheaded. Bloodiest of all revolutions. May their souls rest in peace.
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I'm sorry, but l have to disagree. Russia's revolution in 1917 and subsequent civil wars as well as Mao Zedung's cultural revolution in China in 1966 killed millions. French revolution deaths by the guillotine and royalist rebellions are in the tens of thousands.
I always look forward to your videos. Thank you for the work you put into them!
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I love your videos. I’ve visited Paris & Versailles but want to visit more of the palaces. This is a wonderful video about her. Just love your work.
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Thank you. I've never known much about this Royal mistress until this video! ❤
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This was excellent! I have been curious about the life of Madame du Barry, this video as very interesting and helpful :)
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Absolutely love your channel and your videos! Can’t wait for the next upload 😀! Great job u get a massive thumbs up from me 👍 x
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Excellent video! Years ago I read a biography of Madame DuBarry, she was a fascinating woman. I'm enjoying your videos so much!
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If she didn’t go back to protect her property she would if lived. Wealth meant more to them than their lives.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts Sandra.
Yeah....how dare she love a place she had lived at for more than 15 years...!
She could have sold her jewelry, as I am sure that that would have afforded her a nice enough piece of property in the UK, even if not as sumptuous. But at the same time, I get it, it was her home of 15 years, and we all grow attached to our homes. Our homes are our safe havens from the world. It's hard for one to say, in hindsight, what one would have done.
Marie Elizabeth the sister of Marie Antoinette was well... a bit dull her mother called her "a pretty coquette "
I've always really liked, been interested in, and been drawn to Jeanne (Madam Du Barry) obviously i've never met her since she passed away almost 200 years before I was even born but based on what I know about her she seemed like a really amazing woman and I can't help but admire her and the fact that she started from nothing and worked her way up to riches in the 1700's no less which was an already incredibly difficult time to be a woman coupled with the fact that she sounded like a fun person and tbh I could see her being a really good friend and us getting along amazingly if she was still alive 😊 Her brutal murder (I know she died by execution but I see it as murder) is absolutely heartbreaking especially how she rightfully reacted to it and the crazy part is she wasn't even a part of the royalty in fact she came from the same background as the people who brutally and wrongly ended her life and didn't even have anything to do with politics (just another example of evil being fought with even more evil) and it's just so sad that such a bright light was extinguished and rhad not even counting all the other people who wrongly and brutally lost their lives during that hellish time 😕 Also side note I wish there was more information about her out there I have a book about her but it seems like that book and the information in it is all that's out there about her, maybe we'll be lucky and some new info will be discovered!
Keep them coming, they are interesting.:)
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Once again, your wonderful historical narrative is perfect. I did not really like this lady, after " la grandeur de la Marquise de Pompadour" yet, I fell sorry Madame du Barry. Such an unnecessary and tragic killing of a Royal mistress. Very interesting the fact they found the thives of the jewls of du Barry. Why did she ever return to France, did the lady not realise that her life as an ex " maîtresse du Roy " would mean a certain death upon the scaffold for her ? Thank you for this video.
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Love your channel very informative
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Her capture, trial and execution well illustrates the random, rabid cruelty of the revolutionaries.
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For better or for worse, the French Revolution needed to happen, in order to level the playing field. The nobility and royalty were too out of touch with reality, and people were starving. It's unfortunate that many innocent people lost their heads on the guillotine, but so be it: life couldn't go on as it had been.
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Change needed to happen, but change clearly didn't need to include killings of that amount.
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Yes! I loved this video
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Thank you for the historic of Jeanne du Barry. Very common in those days and still today. What seems impossible at a certain time....today is absolute possible. We have in reality an actual King that married a commoner and divorcee which is going to be Queen Consorte....something not possible in King George VI.....a nice story.....
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In hindsight, she should have stayed in London until the Revolution ended in 1799. Her need to reclaim her property in France inevitably doomed her to the guillotine. And that's very sad.
I been trying to find the Jeannie DuBarry with Johnny Depp says Netflix, but its not there. Oh well i like to kearn the real deal from u first. Always your fan❤
I don't think it's on Netflix. Try youtube, you can usually rent movies from there for a price. Not sure if it's on there yet though...
@@TheKingsofFrance I will get it soon. Thru your channel I learned she went kicking and screaming. Idk what they expected women to do back then. She was just trying to fend for herself. But she could have been alot more gracious. And faced her demise with dignity like Marie.
French revolutionaries were savages.
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That's an unfair generalization, but it did go too far.
Not really unfair, they DID behead them, after all. That's pretty savage behavior.
crazy woman. she shoulda stayed in England!
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Nice work
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Such a tragic ending! But the jewellery/London story does sound a little fishy! I wonder what she was really up to?
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I have read another version of the story according to which that was her way of getting the jewelry out of France, so the revolutionaries wouldn't come for it. Her mistake was to come back for the house. She was probably trying to sell it before she left for good.
I still believe she was really nice to her personal servant behind closed doors. She wasn't evil! Look at it this way, in order to be liked by the court she had to act a certain way in front of them. To look like one of them. I'm sure that also included treating her slave badly in front of them perhaps to show her status. If the nobles at court treated her badly, you can imagine how they'd treat a slave or any other servant no matter skin color! even worse. And I'm sure he was the one who threw her under the bus in order to save himself. Because he got imprissioned as well, and in order to show that he was not loyal to her, he had to do what he had to do to save himself.
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There was not slavery on continental France. Colored people were free. Look at the biography of Chevalier Saint George or of the father of Alexandre Dumas.
She does not hold a candle to Pompadour
Poor little Madame Du Barry, when she was growing up, knowing how cruel children can be, when the kids teased her about her mother saying the horrible insult of, " your mother is a whore ", ironically it was true in her case. 😥
I think your posting is just a "cruel" as the children who bullied the young Madame Du Barry.
@@andyroo9381 Yes, this post is what one calls a back handed comment, a micro-agression. Women like Du Barry suffer them beyond the grave. People are so stupid and jealous.
I had no idea of what her life was like after Louis XV died and during the revolution. Bid mistake to return to France unfortunately. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching.
Oooh a film about Du Barry?
nice.
I hope the movie will portray her as a complex human being, and not just a..well...you know how pop culture likes to portray her.
I'll definitely be watching the movie, am very curious !
Very enjoyable 🌷
Glad you liked it !
What an Interesting life, so sad she had to face the blade in the end as she was totally innocent!
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One more reason to dislike the Jacobins
And there are already so many... Thank you for watching !
I don't like how she was depicted in the Marie Antoinette movie. The daughters of Louis 15th were evil even to Marie Antoinette.
I have a series about the daughters of Marie Antoinette in case you're interested !
She was a sweetheart that had such a hard life but never treated people badly for it. I hate many things about that Sofia Coppola movie but the way she ''wrote'' her was the worst thing about it and the most unnecessary. Edit: I've just seen the video on 'Louis-Benoit Zamor' she wasn't a sweetheart but I still think her character in the movie was lazily written.
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How accurate is the Sophia Coppola movie?
I have not seen it so I don’t know to be honest… Thank you for watching and commenting Elise !
I find as accurate as the queen herself from the costume side of things.
Interesting storyline about Jeanne du Barry
Did you watch the video due to the upcoming movie with Johnny Depp ?
@@TheKingsofFrance Yes indeed. You have my reviews there. But I do not know in this coming film if the end would be equal....as king Louis XV died before the french revolution.
I’m sad asf right now. She was executed because she was the ex-kings mistress? With a heart as good as hers, her actions should have proven her case. All she wanted was to live a good quiet life and love others…😢😢😢😢 damn shame! That’s what most of us want in the first place. May she rest peacefully 😔🙏🏽🇫🇷
Thanks for watching, did you come to this video because of the release of the trailer of the film with Johnny Depp ?
@@TheKingsofFrance release of the trailer
Poor Madame Du Barry she escaped but then was lured back to France and the guillotine. It is said she was one of the last to die as she made a lasting impression when pleading to the crowd for her life poor lady.
A Scottish ancestor of mine who was a smuggler came back with a French wife during the French Revolution, however he was a mercenary and she was actively involved in supporting the revolution. When things went bad for them they fled to Ireland.
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Very interesting !
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Imagine your claim to fame , all these later years , is being a mistress .
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That's all the pop starlettes and Hollywood actresses and actors of today. They all get where they do through the classic power of the blowie. Don't pretend that-that's not what Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Harry Styles, and the Julia Roberts of the 90s have ALL done. Plenty of people can sing, dance and act, but only those who blow get the access keys. At least woman like Du Barry were honest about what they were. At least back then society, as a whole, was far more honest. Hypocrisy is an illness of the 21st century. In the 18th century everyone knew who they were, introduced themselves for what they were, and did not pretend to be anything else. We live in the age of pretense, which is why people like you make, dumb, stupid, deff comments.
this is really sad of having people taking them to die..........how is this neat ..................Namaste
Can you tell us about Louis Benoit Zamor and Madame Du Barry
He was the slave who brought to her from present day Bangladesh then India
He used to be her loyal but at the end due to some misunderstanding they betrayed
I wanna know more abot this story
Can you help me plz...
I know only a little about the story. As far as I read, Zamor came to Du Barry during his preteen years and lived with her at court. His experiences at court were not great, as he was being mocked and insulted at court. During the French Revolution he joined the Jacobins. However, when he was recognized as a member of Du Barry's court, Zamor was imprisoned as he was supsected to being her accomplice. After his release he remained in Paris until his death.
@@TheKingsofFrance thank you very much
She is my direct ancestor, how crazy is that!
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She had no children
0:25 could have been played by Maisie Williams lol
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shes much prettier than the actress playing her in the new Johnny Depp movie.
I’m here because of the upcoming movie of Johnny Depp. ❤
glad you stopped by.
Ironically of her and the last Queen-of France being buried in the same spot
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@@TheKingsofFrance always! 💙⚜️🤍
Her black servant spied on M. Du Barry.
When the marriage plans for Louis and Maria Elisabeth fell apart Maria Elisabeth whit the blessings of her mother became Abess of The Convent of Noble Ladies in Innsbruck however she later moved to the convent of Klagenfort like she wanted in the first place
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Could you tell story for madame de mailly nesle?i think she was the first mistress of louis xv?
I might do a short overview of all the mistresses of Louis XV, seeing how the topic is currently very 'hot' on the internet obviously !
Well the way she treated the slave she had she received what she gave out
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Why does the image of Louis XV at 2:58 show him with brown eyes when the whole world knows they were blue?
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Interesting
Thank you…. But have you ever noticed that Louise XV has (had?) a strong facial resemblance to Johnny Depp… someone should make a movie don’t you think?
Haha Paul indeed !
Then Sophia Coppola's version got the facts wrong of WHICH King Louis she was the mistress of.
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It's bizzare that to become the king's mistress, she had to marry someone else!! Was that just how it worked at the French court at that time- if the king wanted a single lady, he had to get her married to another man so she could be presented at court as per protocol??? I know it was different to England; being the French king's mistress was sort of an official position, so it makes sense that there'd be protocol- it just seems weird to marry specifically & only to be with someone else! (No shade; it's at least honest).
She didn't have a title, she was born a commoner. Without a title, and thus a husband, she could not be presented at court and she could not become Louis' mistress. In Versailles, in all things, etiquette needed to be followed. There was absolutely no possibility to work around what protocol dictated and hence the marriage had to take place.
@@TheKingsofFrance I see, thankyou! :) It was about the title, not the husband per se. I wondered if it was to avoid an unmarried woman having a child. Could an unmarried woman even have a title that would fit the bill? I kinda doubt it as all mistresses I've heard of were "Madame", & you said she had to be presented by a married man; I just wasn't sure if it meant married _to her._ And I assume a widow kept the title she'd acquired from her husband- would that be acceptable? I'm not thinking of modern views of "cheating", & I know that in Versailles there was practically protocol on how to breathe! The French, English & especially the Spanish court seem very different- it must've been very strange for women who married a foreign royal or noble.
An unmarried woman could be presented at court if she was of noble birth, a good example would be Louise De La Vallière. But commoners by birth would have to obtain a title first. A royal mistress could definitely be unmarried, she just needed the right ‘papers’.
Mind though: we are not talking about the odd fling with a kitchen maid which happened quite often too, but a position at court as Maitresse En Titre.
To have a place at court, a title and official.presentation was needed. Louis XV fell in love with Du Barry so it had to happen.
@@TheKingsofFrance Thankyou for your explanations! :) It was about noble birth, not marital status. And I'd forgotten the title for the official mistress. Your vids are brilliant & so interesting- I only really know English & Scottish royalty, so I mostly know French royalty in relation to that: "Francis I was Henry VIII's rival; Catherine de Valois married Henry V", etc. It's a start at least!
We can learn from
each other then, as I’m more limited when it comes to knowledge about the English Royals !
How can anybody dislike these videos?🤔
I guess not everyone likes the same kind of videos… Thank you for being here.
Only the 2nd mistress?
Many mistresses, but two were the most well known.
I dont care for her I still dont think she should been tial to any power beause she was not going to marry the king any way an she just for what she is
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what accent is this 😛
Flemish... I hope it's understandable for you. Thank you for watching !
How ridiculous- marry to become a royal mistress 😵
For her, the position came with great advantages. She was one of the greatest social climbers of her time... Thank you for watching !
Very nice hated end when she died she was not Royal should have stayed outside of france
The French royals were more curse for what they did to the crusader .
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Stop hating the French please.
I thought Madame du Barry was a mistress of Louis XIV?
No she wasn't... Louis XIV died in 1715, whereas Du Barry was born in 1743...
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I think I knew the Voice Over, it's Justine Laconte right?😂✌️💯✅🌹🎉
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