CELEBRITY

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blanche Monnier has received more than 5,067,880 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Blanche Monnier is the 33rd most popular celebrity (down from 32nd in 2019), the 1,229th most popular biography from France (up from 1,249th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Celebrity.

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  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Blanche Monnier ranks 33 out of 265. Before her are Marie Duplessis, Margaret Brown, Peggy Guggenheim, Thérésa Tallien, Keke Geladze, and Besarion Jughashvili. After her are Philippe Petit, Rosemary Kennedy, Don King, Rodney King, Sarah Knauss, and Jacques Mayol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Blanche Monnier ranks 15. Before her are John William Waterhouse, Alfred von Tirpitz, Sergei Witte, Bertha Benz, Nogi Maresuke, and John Ambrose Fleming. After her are Eva Gonzalès, Ellen Key, Max Nordau, Alexander Kielland, Michael Ancher, and Empress Shōken. Among people deceased in 1913, Blanche Monnier ranks 20. Before her are Harriet Tubman, Philip Sclater, Francisco I. Madero, Ármin Vámbéry, Katsura Tarō, and Lewis A. Swift. After her are Gustaf de Laval, Alfred Redl, Emily Davison, David Popper, Mariano Rampolla, and Empress Dowager Longyu.

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In France

Among people born in France, Blanche Monnier ranks 1,229 out of 6,770. Before her are Philippe Troussier (1955), Jean Vigo (1905), Camille Jordan (1838), Charles, Duke of Berry (1686), Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (1543), and Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo (1847). After her are Guillaume Brune (1763), Charles Péguy (1873), Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932), Pierre d'Ailly (1350), Cléo de Mérode (1875), and Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (1160).

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Among CELEBRITIES In France

Among celebrities born in France, Blanche Monnier ranks 3. Before her are Jeanne Calment (1875), and Marie Duplessis (1824). After her are Philippe Petit (1949), Joseph Meister (1876), Jean-Marie Loret (1918), Nicolas Chopin (1771), Denise Perrier (1935), Michel Lotito (1950), Apollonie Sabatier (1822), Sébastien Foucan (1974), and Iris Mittenaere (1993).

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