EXTREMIST

Madame de Brinvilliers

1630 - 1676

Photo of Madame de Brinvilliers

Icon of person Madame de Brinvilliers

Marie-Madeleine d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers (22 July 1630 – 16 July 1676) was a French aristocrat who was accused and convicted of murdering her father and two of her brothers in order to inherit their estates. After her death, there was speculation that she tested her poisons on upwards of 30 sick people in hospitals, but these rumours were never confirmed. Her alleged crimes were discovered after the death of her lover and co-conspirator, Captain Godin de Sainte-Croix, who saved letters detailing dealings of poisonings between the two. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madame de Brinvilliers has received more than 305,720 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Madame de Brinvilliers is the 45th most popular extremist (up from 48th in 2019), the 1,067th most popular biography from France (down from 1,030th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Extremist.

Madame de Brinvilliers is most famous for being the first woman to be executed by the guillotine in France. She was convicted of poisoning her father and two brothers.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Madame de Brinvilliers ranks 45 out of 283. Before her are Peter Kürten, Joseph Kony, William Kemmler, Mehmet Ali Ağca, Fritz Haarmann, and Gudrun Ensslin. After her are Timothy McVeigh, George Jung, Karl Denke, Pavlik Morozov, Edmund Kemper, and Butch Cassidy.

Most Popular Extremists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1630, Madame de Brinvilliers ranks 5. Before her are Charles II of England, Stenka Razin, Sophia of Hanover, and Eleonora Gonzaga. After her are Hennig Brand, Olaus Rudbeck, Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, Ludolf Bakhuizen, Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, Josefa de Óbidos, and Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Among people deceased in 1676, Madame de Brinvilliers ranks 8. Before her are Alexis of Russia, Sabbatai Zevi, Michiel de Ruyter, Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, Francesco Cavalli, and Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen. After her are Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg, Paul Gerhardt, and Francis I Rákóczi.

Others Born in 1630

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1676

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Madame de Brinvilliers ranks 1,067 out of 6,770. Before her are Richard III, Duke of Normandy (1001), Robert de Sorbon (1201), Aimery of Cyprus (1172), Aimé Bonpland (1773), Joseph Liouville (1809), and Pierre Larousse (1817). After her are Lazare Hoche (1768), Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932), Alexandra David-Néel (1868), Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208), Claude Jade (1948), and Thomas Couture (1815).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among EXTREMISTS In France

Among extremists born in France, Madame de Brinvilliers ranks 2. Before her are Gilles de Rais (1405). After her are Michel Fourniret (1942), Henri Désiré Landru (1869), Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409), Robert-François Damiens (1715), Jacques Mesrine (1936), Édouard Vaillant (1840), Yvan Colonna (1960), and Zacarias Moussaoui (1968).

French born Extremists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous