Louis XV's 2nd Mistress - Madame Du Barry 

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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.

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.

I think she was judged too harshly and was a product of her environment

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.

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.

"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

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.

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.

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

Poor lady she wasn’t even a royal! She didn’t deserve the guillotine she helped many people in her city!

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!

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.

French revolution was ruthless. So many innocent people were beheaded. Bloodiest of all revolutions. May their souls rest in peace.

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.

Excellent video, I did not know she was executed are the guillotine. Thank you

I always look forward to your videos. Thank you for the work you put into them!

Thank you. I've never known much about this Royal mistress until this video! ❤

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!

If she didn’t go back to protect her property she would if lived. Wealth meant more to them than their lives.

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.

Marie Elizabeth the sister of Marie Antoinette was well... a bit dull her mother called her "a pretty coquette "

This was excellent! I have been curious about the life of Madame du Barry, this video as very interesting and helpful :)

Excellent video! Years ago I read a biography of Madame DuBarry, she was a fascinating woman. I'm enjoying your videos so much!

Her capture, trial and execution well illustrates the random, rabid cruelty of the revolutionaries.

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Love your channel very informative

Thank You... ❤

Keep them coming, they are interesting.:)

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.

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.

Yes! I loved this video

French revolutionaries were savages.

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.....

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 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.

crazy woman. she shoulda stayed in England!

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. 😥

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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?

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!

She does not hold a candle to Pompadour

Nice work

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.

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.

She is my direct ancestor, how crazy is that!

One more reason to dislike the Jacobins

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❤

Imagine your claim to fame , all these later years , is being a mistress .

Very enjoyable 🌷

What an Interesting life, so sad she had to face the blade in the end as she was totally innocent!

I don't like how she was depicted in the Marie Antoinette movie. The daughters of Louis 15th were evil even to Marie Antoinette.

How accurate is the Sophia Coppola movie?

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.

Interesting storyline about Jeanne du Barry

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 😔🙏🏽🇫🇷

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...

Ironically of her and the last Queen-of France being buried in the same spot

Very interesting !

0:25 could have been played by Maisie Williams lol

shes much prettier than the actress playing her in the new Johnny Depp movie.

Could you tell story for madame de mailly nesle?i think she was the first mistress of louis xv?

Her black servant spied on M. Du Barry.

I’m here because of the upcoming movie of Johnny Depp. ❤

Why does the image of Louis XV at 2:58 show him with brown eyes when the whole world knows they were blue?

Well the way she treated the slave she had she received what she gave out

this is really sad of having people taking them to die..........how is this neat ..................Namaste

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

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).

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?

what accent is this 😛

Then Sophia Coppola's version got the facts wrong of WHICH King Louis she was the mistress of.

Only the 2nd mistress?

How can anybody dislike these videos?🤔

How ridiculous- marry to become a royal mistress 😵

I thought Madame du Barry was a mistress of Louis XIV?

The French royals were more curse for what they did to the crusader .

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

Very nice hated end when she died she was not Royal should have stayed outside of france

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Gaming

I think I knew the Voice Over, it's Justine Laconte right?😂✌️💯✅🌹🎉