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Blanche Monnier

1849 - 1913

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Blanche Monnier (French pronunciation: [blɑ̃ʃ mɔnje]; 1 March 1849 – 13 October 1913), often known in France as la Séquestrée de Poitiers (roughly, "The Confined Woman of Poitiers"), was a woman from Poitiers, France, who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother and brother for 25 years. She was eventually found by police, then middle-aged and in emaciated and filthy condition; according to officials, Monnier had not seen any sunlight for her entire captivity. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Blanche Monnier is the 15th most popular celebrity (up from 33rd in 2019), the 600th most popular biography from France (up from 1,229th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Celebrity.

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Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Blanche Monnier ranks 15 out of 265. Before her are Mary Mallon, Simonetta Vespucci, Robert Wadlow, Millvina Dean, Buffalo Bill, and Jon Brower Minnoch. After her are Don King, Geli Raubal, Joseph Merrick, Tollund Man, Roy Sullivan, and Empress Michiko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Blanche Monnier ranks 7. Before her are Ivan Pavlov, August Strindberg, Bertha Benz, Édouard-Henri Avril, August von Mackensen, and Muhammad Abduh. After her are Frances Hodgson Burnett, Bernhard von Bülow, Felix Klein, Alfred von Tirpitz, W. T. Stead, and Sergei Witte. Among people deceased in 1913, Blanche Monnier ranks 11. Before her are George I of Greece, J. P. Morgan, Harriet Tubman, Tobias Asser, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, and Lesya Ukrainka. After her are Alfred von Schlieffen, August Bebel, Sophia of Nassau, Philip Sclater, Josephine Cochrane, and Francisco I. Madero.

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In France

Among people born in France, Blanche Monnier ranks 600 out of 6,770. Before her are Edmond Becquerel (1820), Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729), Éric Rohmer (1920), Jean Dausset (1916), Paul Claudel (1868), and Gustave Caillebotte (1848). After her are Hector Malot (1830), Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), René of Anjou (1409), Édouard Lalo (1823), Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne (1611), and Nadia Boulanger (1887).

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Among CELEBRITIES In France

Among celebrities born in France, Blanche Monnier ranks 2. Before her are Jeanne Calment (1875). After her are Marie Duplessis (1824), Philippe Petit (1949), Jean-Marie Loret (1918), Joseph Meister (1876), Michel Lotito (1950), Nicolas Chopin (1771), Denise Perrier (1935), Apollonie Sabatier (1822), Sébastien Foucan (1974), and Iris Mittenaere (1993).

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