Anne Dieu-le-Veut

Anne Dieu-Le-Veut
Born(1661-08-28)28 August 1661
Brittany, France
Died11 January 1710(1710-01-11) (aged 48)
possibly Santo Domingo
Other namesMarie-Anne, Marianne
OccupationPirate
Spouses
Pierre Lelong
(m. 1684; died 1690)
Joseph Cherel
(m. 1691; died 1693)
(m. 1693; died 1704)
Children4 (1 with each Lelong and Cherel, 2 with de Graaf)

Anne "Dieu-Le-Veut" de Graaf[1] also called Marie-Anne or Marianne (28 August 1661 – 11 January 1710)[2] was a French pirate. Alongside Jacquotte Delahaye, she was one of very few female buccaneers.[3] While Delahaye was likely fictional,[4][1] Dieu-le-Veut was real; however, many of her exploits are inventions of later writers.[5]

  1. ^ a b Duncombe, Laura Sook (April 1, 2017). Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas (Print, E-book). Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press. ISBN 9781613736043.
  2. ^ GH de la Caraïbe, Généalogie et Histoire de la Caraïbe - no 231, éd. Généalogie et Histoire de la Caraïbe, décembre 2009, p. 6158
  3. ^ Klausmann, Framsida Ulrike; Meiefnzerin, Marion; Kuhn, Gabriel (1997). Women Pirates and the Politics of the Jolly Roger. Montreal, New York: Black Rose Books. p. 168. ISBN 9781551640594.
  4. ^ Breverton, Terry (December 15, 2018). A Gross of Pirates From Alfhild the Shield Maiden to Afweyne the Big Mouth (Ebook). Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445682938.
  5. ^ Little, Benerson (October 4, 2016). The Golden Age of Piracy: The Truth Behind Pirate Myths (Ebook). New York: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9781510713048. Retrieved 15 September 2017.