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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blanche Monnier has received more than 4,528,979 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Blanche Monnier is the 32nd most popular celebrity, the 1,253rd most popular biography from France and the 4th most popular French Celebrity.

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  • 18

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  • 4.12

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  • 2.35

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Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Blanche Monnier ranks 32 out of 181Before her are Don King, Rodney King, Jacques Mayol, Mary Mallon, Kim Kardashian, and Albert Pierrepoint. After her are Rosemary Kennedy, Besarion Jughashvili, Cecilia Gallerani, Edie Sedgwick, Thérésa Tallien, and Keke Geladze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Blanche Monnier ranks 16Before her are John William Waterhouse, Sergei Witte, Bertha Benz, John Ambrose Fleming, Eva Gonzalès, and Ellen Key. After her are Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, Nogi Maresuke, Max Nordau, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Armand Peugeot, and Alexander Kielland. Among people deceased in 1913, Blanche Monnier ranks 20Before her are August Bebel, Francisco I. Madero, Ármin Vámbéry, Philip Sclater, Katsura Tarō, and Lewis A. Swift. After her are Gustaf de Laval, Alfred Redl, Infanta Antónia of Portugal, Empress Dowager Longyu, Mariano Rampolla, and Emily Davison.

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In France

Among people born in France, Blanche Monnier ranks 1,253 out of 6,011Before her are Clément Janequin (1485), Armand Guillaumin (1841), Benedict of Aniane (750), Theobald II of Navarre (1239), Maine de Biran (1766), and Lionel Jospin (1937). After her are Odilo of Cluny (961), Gundobad (500), Heinrich Kramer (1430), Mistinguett (1875), Philippa of Hainault (1314), and Livilla (-13).

Among CELEBRITIES In France

Among celebrities born in France, Blanche Monnier ranks 4Before her are Jeanne Calment (1875), Philippe Petit (1949), and Marie Duplessis (1824). After her are Jean-Marie Loret (1918), Joseph Meister (1876), Denise Perrier (1935), Michel Lotito (1950), Sébastien Foucan (1974), Iris Mittenaere (1993), and Alexandra Rosenfeld (1986).