Madame du Barry was ordered to live at the convent for a year after the death of Louis XV, under the orders of the King—though it is unclear whether she was sent there by an order from Louis XV (as suggested from a document in the Register of the Orders of Kings of France, dated days before the death of Louis XV, which orders ‘the woman Comtesse du Barry to be taken to the Abbey of Pont-aux-Dames’) or from the new king, Louis XVI, due to his aunt’s and wife’s dislike for the favorite.Madame du Barry was ordered to live at the convent for a year after the death of Louis XV, under the orders of the King—though it is unclear whether she was sent there by an order from Louis XV (as suggested from a document in the Register of the Orders of Kings of France, dated days before the death of Louis XV, which orders ‘the woman Comtesse du Barry to be taken to the Abbey of Pont-aux-Dames’) or from the new king, Louis XVI, due to his aunt’s and wife’s dislike for the favorite.
Madame du Barry was ordered to live at the convent for a year after the death of Louis XV, under the orders of the King—though it is unclear whether she was sent there by an order from Louis XV (as suggested from a document in the Register of the Orders of Kings of France, dated days before the death of Louis XV, which orders ‘the woman Comtesse du Barry to be taken to the Abbey of Pont-aux-Dames’) or from the new king, Louis XVI, due to his aunt’s and wife’s dislike for the favorite.