du barry
- n courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793)
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- Lewis Lapham: Sting Netted $100 Million Diamond Necklace
Louis XV had Parisian jeweler Boehmer make a fabulous diamond bauble for his inamorata, Madame du Barry. By the time the necklace -- valued at $100 million in today’s currency -- was finished, the king was dead and the lady was banished.
Sept. 13, 2013 - Bloomberg