Marie Laveau

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Marie Laveau
Marie Laveaux
Born
Marie Catherine Laveau

(1801-09-10)September 10, 1801
New Orleans, Louisiana, France[nb 1]
DiedJune 15, 1881(1881-06-15) (aged 79)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Resting placeSaint Louis Cemetery No. 1
Occupation(s)Occultist, voodoo priestess, midwife, nurse, herbalist
Spouse
Jacques Paris
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(m. 1819; died 1823)​
Partner
Christophe Glapion
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(died 1855)​
Parents
  • Charles Laveau (father)
  • Marguerite Henry (known as D'Arcantel) (mother)

Marie Catherine Laveau (September 10, 1801 – June 15, 1881)[1][2][nb 2] was a Louisiana Creole practitioner of Voodoo, herbalist and midwife who was renowned in New Orleans. Her daughter, Marie Laveau II (1827 – c. 1862), also practiced rootwork, conjure, Native American and African spiritualism as well as Louisiana Voodoo and traditional Roman Catholicism.[3] An alternate spelling of her name, Laveaux, is considered by historians to be from the original French spelling.[1]


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  1. ^ a b c Fandrich, Ina J. (2005). "The Birth of New Orleans' Voodoo Queen: A Long-Held Mystery Resolved". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 46 (3): 293–309. JSTOR 4234122.
  2. ^ Marie Laveau The Mysterious Voodoo Queen: A Study of Powerful Female Leadership in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans by Ina Johanna Fandrich
  3. ^ "Marie Laveau: Separating fact from fiction about New Orleans' Voodoo queen". NOLA.com. Retrieved July 6, 2018.