Jeanne Louise Françoise Desmier d'Archiac de Saint-Simon de Saint-Amarand
Jeanne Louise Françoise Desmier d'Archiac de Saint-Simon de Saint-Amarand (Sainte-Amaranthe) was mentioned when Wilford Woodruff visited Madame Tussaud's, a waxworks museum, on 24 Jun. 1845 in London, Middlesex, England. Madame Tussaud's wax sculpture, called Sleeping Beauty, was originally thought to have been Jeanne de Saint-Amarand but has since been identified as Jeanne Bécu Du Barry (Madame du Barry).
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