Blanche Monnier

Blanche Monnier
Monnier shortly after being discovered in the room in which she was secretly incarcerated, 23 May 1901
Born(1849-03-01)1 March 1849
Poitiers, Vienne, French Second Republic
Disappeared1876/1877 – Thursday, 23 May 1901 (25 years)
Died13 October 1913(1913-10-13) (aged 64)
Blois, Loir-et-Cher, French Third Republic
Other namesla Séquestrée de Poitiers
Known forSecretly imprisoned by her family for a quarter-century

Blanche Monnier (French pronunciation: [blɑ̃ʃ mɔnje]; 1 March 1849 – 13 October 1913), often known in France as la Séquestrée de Poitiers[a] (roughly, "The Confined Woman of Poitiers"),[1] was a woman from Poitiers, France, who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother and brother for 25 years. She was eventually found by police, then middle-aged and in emaciated and filthy condition; according to officials, Monnier had not seen any sunlight for her entire captivity.[2]


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  1. ^ Ivry, Benjamin; Gide, André (2003). "The Confined Woman of Poitiers". New England Review. 24 (3): 99–132. JSTOR 40244293.
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