Louis XV's 2nd Mistress - Madame Du Barry

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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  • @TheKingsofFrance
    @TheKingsofFrance2 жыл бұрын

    Hi everyone . If you enjoyed this video please give it a like and a comment. It would really help my channel. Thank you for watching !!

  • @plamenivanov92

    @plamenivanov92

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great video I watched the video about Pompadour too but did the king had any other paramours

  • @Kian2002
    @Kian20022 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are absolutely right. Thank you so much for this insightful comment !

  • @SIERRATREES
    @SIERRATREES2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much ! So glad you’re enjoying the channel !!!

  • @christinemiller8158
    @christinemiller81582 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for watching !!!

  • @harrietharlow9929

    @harrietharlow9929

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agree. The real surprise would have been if she had turned out differently. There were others far worse than Mme. Dubarry.

  • @ericspencer8093
    @ericspencer80932 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great description of her life ! Thank you so much for sharing !

  • @SuperWolsey

    @SuperWolsey

    2 жыл бұрын

    The second coming of Icarus

  • @tarahp8054

    @tarahp8054

    2 жыл бұрын

    She was the original hoe 😆

  • @dixieland9959

    @dixieland9959

    Жыл бұрын

    Amber did the same 😅

  • @mc.8391
    @mc.83912 жыл бұрын

    "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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching !

  • @harrietharlow9929

    @harrietharlow9929

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me, too.

  • @Roheryn100

    @Roheryn100

    2 жыл бұрын

    Somehow I doubt it. They were merciless - look how they treated Lamballe and the Dauphin.

  • @WalkwithRoberto

    @WalkwithRoberto

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @barbarabarber3167

    @barbarabarber3167

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @kimberlyperrotis8962
    @kimberlyperrotis89622 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for commenting. i do try to keep my videos ‘light’ as I agree with you that too long drawn out videos tend to get ‘too heavy’ at times. Thank you for being here.

  • @Barnabydemossienaux

    @Barnabydemossienaux

    2 жыл бұрын

    Classic American.

  • @harrietharlow9929

    @harrietharlow9929

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Barnabydemossienaux Snobbish, aren't we? Everyone's interests and foci are different when it comes to history.

  • @booliev3275

    @booliev3275

    Жыл бұрын

    Because the details of the French revolution are boring. Maybe you prefer to hear from it by the distorted and ridiculous Holywood movies.

  • @myab1471
    @myab1471 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching and commenting !

  • @dixieland9959

    @dixieland9959

    Жыл бұрын

    And Johnny Depp is playing the king

  • @anakarina1011
    @anakarina10112 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree. Thank you for commenting and watching, Ana !

  • @Consrignrant

    @Consrignrant

    2 жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @harrietharlow9929

    @harrietharlow9929

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @dubarrybecudecantigny3973
    @dubarrybecudecantigny3973 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @CrystalShadow

    @CrystalShadow

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheKingsofFrancethe trailer is breathtaking and exceeds all expectations❣️🔥❤️‍🔥

  • @mrjamila88

    @mrjamila88

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @sabalight2558

    @sabalight2558

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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 ...

  • @carolinpurayidom4570

    @carolinpurayidom4570

    11 ай бұрын

    @@sabalight2558 Exaclty she looked too old and skinny.

  • @ericastier1646
    @ericastier16462 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for that lovely comment, and thank you for watching !

  • @ovalbeach

    @ovalbeach

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @volleybanger2000

    @volleybanger2000

    2 жыл бұрын

    The Revolution was not criminal. The Terror might have been. Sic semper tyrannis.

  • @yuyutubee8435

    @yuyutubee8435

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @monmothma3358

    @monmothma3358

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @AnnieBrackett88
    @AnnieBrackett8811 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @kevinroche8657
    @kevinroche86578 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    8 ай бұрын

    Very glad you liked it Kevin !

  • @BeveC21E
    @BeveC21E2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching Beverly, I appreciate it !

  • @stace0712
    @stace07122 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    What a lovely comment ! Thank you so much !!!

  • @itsjustme0123
    @itsjustme01232 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Alas, she did... thank you so much for watching and your kind comment.

  • @henryford2950

    @henryford2950

    2 жыл бұрын

    If she was a little smarter, she might've lived.

  • @alicianelson1252

    @alicianelson1252

    9 ай бұрын

    @@henryford2950as long as she was in France she was a marked woman but yeah she should of left when things got bad

  • @ginalisenby9668

    @ginalisenby9668

    9 ай бұрын

    Netflix says in the near future. But I will watch the movie on KZread. 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.

  • @ambreeniram2268
    @ambreeniram22682 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for watching....

  • @c.a.savage5689

    @c.a.savage5689

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @mariaminghi4297
    @mariaminghi42972 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for commenting and watching, I am honoured !

  • @aliceseger7108
    @aliceseger71082 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much Alice ! Happy 2022 !

  • @gr8flyerfan
    @gr8flyerfan2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much !

  • @plamenivanov92
    @plamenivanov922 жыл бұрын

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

  • @SwimBodyEVill
    @SwimBodyEVill10 ай бұрын

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

  • @SandraHernandez-mz7um
    @SandraHernandez-mz7um2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your thoughts Sandra.

  • @Roheryn100

    @Roheryn100

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah....how dare she love a place she had lived at for more than 15 years...!

  • @selmahare

    @selmahare

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jessrosefawkes2721
    @jessrosefawkes27212 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much Jess, what a kind comment ! I have lots more to come so stick around !!!

  • @KentBillzee
    @KentBillzee8 ай бұрын

    Thank You... ❤

  • @Birb2022
    @Birb20222 жыл бұрын

    Love your channel very informative

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for watching and commenting ! I am very grateful !

  • @iTsEfFiNsTePhh
    @iTsEfFiNsTePhh7 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @iriswaterford8881
    @iriswaterford88812 жыл бұрын

    Keep them coming, they are interesting.:)

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have lots and lots more planned, so I hope you'll keep joining me ! Thank you for watching and commenting !

  • @donsarde
    @donsarde Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for watching !

  • @BellyRenee
    @BellyRenee2 жыл бұрын

    Yes! I loved this video

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so very much, I am so happy you stopped by !

  • @latifamiah5742
    @latifamiah57422 жыл бұрын

    Nice work

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much again !!!

  • @MauriceRivers415
    @MauriceRivers4152 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your opinion with us !

  • @monmothma3358

    @monmothma3358

    Жыл бұрын

    Change needed to happen, but change clearly didn't need to include killings of that amount.

  • @SallyBowles5050
    @SallyBowles5050 Жыл бұрын

    Very enjoyable 🌷

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it !

  • @abrazalves
    @abrazalves Жыл бұрын

    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.....

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching !

  • @puzzlite
    @puzzlite2 жыл бұрын

    crazy woman. she shoulda stayed in England!

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    I know, right... thank you for watching and commenting.

  • @plamenivanov92
    @plamenivanov922 жыл бұрын

    She does not hold a candle to Pompadour

  • @LucLightWolf121
    @LucLightWolf121 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @KenDelloSandro7565
    @KenDelloSandro75652 жыл бұрын

    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. 😥

  • @andyroo9381

    @andyroo9381

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think your posting is just a "cruel" as the children who bullied the young Madame Du Barry.

  • @selmahare

    @selmahare

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @Meela234
    @Meela2342 жыл бұрын

    French revolutionaries were savages.

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching !!!

  • @monmothma3358

    @monmothma3358

    Жыл бұрын

    That's an unfair generalization, but it did go too far.

  • @reneenordeen9447

    @reneenordeen9447

    Жыл бұрын

    Not really unfair, they DID behead them, after all. That's pretty savage behavior.

  • @MichelleBruce-lo4oc
    @MichelleBruce-lo4oc10 ай бұрын

    Hi, awesome live history video. I enjoyed it. How are you doing? I'm doing well. My cat Benjamin likes to hide under the bed when I have people come over to visit. How's cute Rani your cat? My cat Benjamin is doing well. He says hi to you and cute Rani your cat. Have a great day see you next video 😊

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    10 ай бұрын

    Hi Michelle, Rani is with me on vacation in Norway. I’m travelling in a campervan and I took her with me because I’m gone until august 15 ! She’s loving the nature here although she’s kept on a leash of course, as I wouldn’t want to lose her. Give hugs to Benjamin from Rani the travelkitty !

  • @ensoleille1
    @ensoleille1 Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting !

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching !

  • @bevinboulder5039
    @bevinboulder50392 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching.

  • @hedgiecc
    @hedgiecc2 жыл бұрын

    Such a tragic ending! But the jewellery/London story does sound a little fishy! I wonder what she was really up to?

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching !

  • @selmahare

    @selmahare

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @garthst.claire3459
    @garthst.claire3459 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    I'll definitely be watching the movie, am very curious !

  • @ginalisenby9668
    @ginalisenby96689 ай бұрын

    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❤

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    9 ай бұрын

    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...

  • @ginalisenby9668

    @ginalisenby9668

    9 ай бұрын

    @@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.

  • @royery
    @royery Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching !

  • @fabs8498

    @fabs8498

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @leslievey7312
    @leslievey73122 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching !

  • @selmahare

    @selmahare

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @roxanneaspogard1327
    @roxanneaspogard1327 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for watching !

  • @abrazalves
    @abrazalves Жыл бұрын

    Interesting storyline about Jeanne du Barry

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you watch the video due to the upcoming movie with Johnny Depp ?

  • @abrazalves

    @abrazalves

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @myfuneralismytimetoshine
    @myfuneralismytimetoshine2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.

  • @timothythiem2355
    @timothythiem2355 Жыл бұрын

    She is my direct ancestor, how crazy is that!

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    Very cool ! Thank you for watching !

  • @lmnll2742

    @lmnll2742

    Жыл бұрын

    She had no children

  • @manirudh8926
    @manirudh89262 жыл бұрын

    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...

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @manirudh8926

    @manirudh8926

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheKingsofFrance thank you very much

  • @jimgordon6629
    @jimgordon66292 жыл бұрын

    One more reason to dislike the Jacobins

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    And there are already so many... Thank you for watching !

  • @dianamarquez4774
    @dianamarquez4774 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    I have a series about the daughters of Marie Antoinette in case you're interested !

  • @elisebrodeur-jacobs5215
    @elisebrodeur-jacobs52152 жыл бұрын

    How accurate is the Sophia Coppola movie?

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have not seen it so I don’t know to be honest… Thank you for watching and commenting Elise !

  • @alaskacosplay

    @alaskacosplay

    2 жыл бұрын

    I find as accurate as the queen herself from the costume side of things.

  • @Sriwijaya888
    @Sriwijaya888 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    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 !

  • @rsoubiea
    @rsoubiea Жыл бұрын

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

  • @kitkat186
    @kitkat186 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this information with us !

  • @joshuafess4295
    @joshuafess4295 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching and commenting !

  • @joshuafess4295

    @joshuafess4295

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheKingsofFrance always! 💙⚜️🤍

  • @elliewithg
    @elliewithg Жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    glad you stopped by.

  • @TtBrown80
    @TtBrown80 Жыл бұрын

    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 😔🙏🏽🇫🇷

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching, did you come to this video because of the release of the trailer of the film with Johnny Depp ?

  • @lbl9066

    @lbl9066

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheKingsofFrance release of the trailer

  • @nickihere8753
    @nickihere8753 Жыл бұрын

    0:25 could have been played by Maisie Williams lol

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

  • @senkialfonz895
    @senkialfonz8956 ай бұрын

    Her black servant spied on M. Du Barry.

  • @communingwithGod
    @communingwithGod2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your thoughts Ursula ! Thank you for watching !

  • @plamenivanov92
    @plamenivanov922 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for sharing that information with us !

  • @dswilliams2686
    @dswilliams2686 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching and commenting.

  • @josannefromin7750
    @josannefromin7750 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @ketreenawilliams1320
    @ketreenawilliams13202 жыл бұрын

    How can anybody dislike these videos?🤔

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    I guess not everyone likes the same kind of videos… Thank you for being here.

  • @jonasalden29201
    @jonasalden292012 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching and commenting !

  • @paulklee5790
    @paulklee5790 Жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha Paul indeed !

  • @dhgemein2
    @dhgemein2 Жыл бұрын

    Only the 2nd mistress?

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    Many mistresses, but two were the most well known.

  • @dipanwitadasgupta5221
    @dipanwitadasgupta52212 жыл бұрын

    How ridiculous- marry to become a royal mistress 😵

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    For her, the position came with great advantages. She was one of the greatest social climbers of her time... Thank you for watching !

  • @beth7935
    @beth79352 жыл бұрын

    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).

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @beth7935

    @beth7935

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @beth7935

    @beth7935

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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!

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    We can learn from each other then, as I’m more limited when it comes to knowledge about the English Royals !

  • @kgspvgsp7569
    @kgspvgsp75692 жыл бұрын

    what accent is this 😛

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Flemish... I hope it's understandable for you. Thank you for watching !

  • @zarrahprodan2180
    @zarrahprodan21802 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    No she wasn't... Louis XIV died in 1715, whereas Du Barry was born in 1743...

  • @davidteh3807
    @davidteh38072 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching and commenting David !

  • @clincpb8903

    @clincpb8903

    Жыл бұрын

    Stop hating the French please.

  • @maryettamoody5079
    @maryettamoody50795 ай бұрын

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

  • @michellelewis9519
    @michellelewis95192 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching Michelle

  • @user-lq1hs5ow7t
    @user-lq1hs5ow7t9 ай бұрын

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  • @ruthkatz1998
    @ruthkatz19982 жыл бұрын

    Gaming

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nope !!! lol !!!

  • @jamarbrando2615
    @jamarbrando2615 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    Жыл бұрын

    I have no idea who that is. But thank you for watching and commenting.

  • @poppyrowe8282
    @poppyrowe82822 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheKingsofFrance

    @TheKingsofFrance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much, glad you found it informative !!! Hope to see you around some more !