1640 - 1680
La Voisin French Criminal
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Details
| First Name |
Catherine
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| Last Name |
Montvoisin
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| Maiden Name |
Deshayes
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| Full Name at Birth |
Catherine Deshayes
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| Alternative Name |
Catherine Monvoisin, Catherine Montvoisin, Catherine Deshayes, La Voisin
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1639
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| Birthplace |
Catherine Deshayes
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| Died |
22nd February, 1680
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| Place of Death |
Place de Grève in Paris
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| Cause of Death |
Burned
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| Build |
Average
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Religion |
Satanist
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
French
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| Occupation Text |
Fortune teller, poisoner, and an alleged sorceress.
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| Occupation |
Criminal
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| Claim to Fame |
one of the chief personages in the affaire des poisons, during the reign of Louis XIV.
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Catherine Monvoisin, or Montvoisin, née Deshayes, known as "La Voisin" (c. 1640 – 22 February 1680), was a French fortune teller, commissioned poisoner, and professional provider of alleged sorcery. She was the head of a network of fortune tellers in Paris providing poison, aphrodisiacs, abortion, purported magical services and the arranging of black masses, with clients among the aristocracy, and became the central figure in the famous affaire des poisons. Her purported organization of commissioned black magic and poison murder was suspected to have killed 1,000 people, but it is believed that upwards of 2,500 people might have been murdered.
