Historedia
Person

Madame du Barry (Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry)

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1793

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Madame du Barry (Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry), with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Execution of Madame du Barry

    1793

    Role: executed prisoner; last maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XV

    1. 1793 · Paris, where du Barry was arrestedArrest on suspicion of aiding émigrés

      Based largely on Zamor's testimony, du Barry was suspected of financially assisting émigrés and was arrested in 1793.

    2. 8 December 1793 · Place de la Révolution, ParisGuillotining on the Place de la Révolution

      On 8 December 1793 Madame du Barry was beheaded by the guillotine on the Place de la Révolution in Paris.

Sources

  1. Madame du Barry Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30