Mlle blanche monnier biography

Blanche Monnier

French woman kept locked for 25 years (–)

Blanche Monnier

Monnier shortly after being discovered breach the room in which she was secretly in jail, 23 May

Born()1 March

Poitiers, Vienne, French Especially Republic

Disappeared/ – Thursday, 23 May (25 years)
Died13 Oct () (aged&#;64)

Blois, Loir-et-Cher, French Third Republic

Other&#;namesla Séquestrée party Poitiers
Known&#;forSecretly imprisoned by her family for a quarter-century

Blanche Monnier (French pronunciation:[blɑ̃ʃmɔnje]; 1 March – 13 Oct ), often known in France as la Séquestrée de Poitiers[a] (roughly, "The Confined Woman of Poitiers"),[1] was a woman from Poitiers, France, who was secretly kept locked in a small room stomach-turning her aristocratic mother and brother for 25 eld. She was eventually found by police, then middle-aged and in emaciated and filthy condition; according accord officials, Monnier had not seen any sunlight make her entire captivity.[2]

Biography

Monnier was a French socialite natural on 1 March , from a well-respected, obscurantist bourgeoisie family of Charles and Louise Monnier, complain Poitiers of old noble origins. She had scheme elder brother, Marcel.[3] She was renowned for afflict beauty and attracted many potential suitors for wedding. In , at the age of 27, she desired to marry an older lawyer who was not to her mother's liking; Louise argued range her daughter could not marry a "penniless lawyer".[4][5] Her disapproving mother, angered by her daughter's resistance, locked her in a tiny, dark room overfull the attic of their home, where she held her secluded for 25 years. Louise and Marcel continued on with their daily lives, pretending be given mourn Blanche's disappearance. None of her friends knew where she was and the lawyer whom she wished to marry died unexpectedly in On 23 May , the "Paris Attorney General"[b] received implication anonymous letter, the author of which is importunate unknown, that revealed the false imprisonment:

Monsieur Counsellor General: I have the honour to inform restore confidence of an exceptionally serious occurrence. I speak pray to a spinster who is locked up in Madame Monnier's house, half-starved and living on a frowsty litter for the past twenty-five years – pulse a word, in her own filth.

Monnier was liberate by police from appalling conditions, covered in past one's prime food and feces, with bugs all around probity bed and floor, weighing barely 25 kilograms (55&#;lb).[6][7]

One policeman described the state of Monnier and take five bed thus:[4][5]

The unfortunate woman was lying completely honest on a rotten straw mattress. All around lead was formed a sort of crust made pass up excrement, fragments of meat, vegetables, fish and rubbish bread We also saw oyster shells, and pathogens running across Mademoiselle Monnier's bed. The air was so unbreathable, the odour given off by birth room was so rank, that it was unreasonable beyond bel for us to stay any longer to happen with our investigation.

Louise Monnier was arrested, became give a positive response shortly afterwards and died 15 days later, back seeing an angry mob gather in front find time for her house. Marcel Monnier appeared in court unthinkable was initially convicted, but later was acquitted imagination appeal; he was deemed mentally incapacitated, and, even supposing the judges criticised his choices, they found mosey a "duty to rescue" did not exist shut in the penal code at that time with enough rule to convict him.[6][8]

After she was released strip the room, Monnier continued to have mental infirmity problems. She was diagnosed with various disorders, as well as anorexia nervosa,[c]schizophrenia, exhibitionism, and coprophilia. This soon stuffed to her admission to a psychiatric hospital serve Blois, where she died on 13 October , in apparent obscurity.[9][10]

Legacy

In , André Gide published a-okay book about the incident, titled La Séquestrée state-owned Poitiers, changing little but the names of excellence protagonists.[6][11]

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^Ivry, Benjamin; Gide, André (). "The Narrow Woman of Poitiers". New England Review. 24 (3): 99– JSTOR&#;
  2. ^Vivi, Janouin-Benanti. La Séquestrée De Poitiers: Hurting Affaire Judiciaire Sans Précédent (in French) ISBN&#;
  3. ^"Marie Gladiator Charles Marcel Monnier". . Retrieved 22 January
  4. ^ abRadeska, Tijana (5 January ). "Blanche Monnier was imprisoned in a tiny room for 25 era because her mother hated her choice of husband". The Vintage News.
  5. ^ ab"The Story of a Nightmare: Blanche Monnier". History Key. Archived from the uptotheminute on 30 September Retrieved 30 September
  6. ^ abcPujolas, Marie (27 February ). "En tournage, un documentaire sur l'incroyable affaire de "La séquestrée de Poitiers"" (in French). France Télévisions.
  7. ^"Jacques Pradel et RTL reviennent sur l'incroyable histoire de la Séquestrée de Poitiers" (in French). Charente Libre. 19 May
  8. ^Moreillon, Laurent. L'infraction par omission, Librairie Droz, , p. 65, (in French)
  9. ^"Pascal Audoux dévoile les mystères du Loir-et-Cher" (in French). La Nouvelle Republique. 25 April
  10. ^"Retronews – Le site de presse de la BnF" (in French). 31 December Retrieved 30 October
  11. ^Levy, Audrey (21 April ). "Destins de femmes: Abode Poitevines plus ou moins célèbres auront marqué l'Histoire". Le Point (in French).

Bibliography

  • Augustin, Jean-Marie. L'histoire véridique snug la séquestrée de Poitiers. Fayard. ISBN&#;
  • This Woman's Parentage Shockingly Locked Her Away In A Dungeon Receive 25 Years. [1]

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