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Definition of Marie Jeanne Becu
1. Noun. Courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marie Jeanne Becu
Literary usage of Marie Jeanne Becu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1881)
"... he succeeded in establishing himself in the good graces of Madame de Stainville,
supped with Madame Dubarry, then plain Marie Jeanne Becu, ..."
2. Contributions to Medical and Biological Research by William Osler (1919)
""As Madame du Barre (Marie Jeanne Becu) was guillotined in Paris December 7,
1793, and was only in England for a short time in 1792 trying to sell her ..."
3. The Standard Illustrated Book of Facts: A Comprehensive Survey of the World by Harry Thurston Peck, Auld, Robert Campbell McCombie (1912)
"Bar'ry (bar're), Marie Jeanne Becu. Countess du (1743-93). Mistress of Louis XV.
(1768-73). She ruled France, dismissed the Duc de Choiseul as Foreign ..."
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