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Du Barry, Countess
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Mistress of Louis XV., born at Vaucouleurs, daughter of a dressmaker; came to Paris, professing millinery; had fascinating attractions, and was introduced to the king; governed France to its ruin and the dismissal of all Louis' able and honourable advisers; fled from Paris on the death of Louis, put on mourning for his death; was arrested, brought before the Revolutionary tribunal, condemned for wasting the finances of the State, and guillotined (1746-1793).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Du Barry, Countess'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/d/du-barry-countess.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Du Barry, Countess'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/d/du-barry-countess.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
