Thursday, September 22, 2011

Mahaut de Bourgogne, 12th Century French Serial Killer Countess


Mahaut (1150-Dec. 17, 1192), the only surviving child of the Duke Robert de Hauteville became the countess of Grignon “is said to have killed four husbands.”

She was married four times: first to Eudes II Seigneur d'Issoudun who died two years after the marriage, second Guy I, Count of Nevers and Tonnerre with whom she was married 8 years. When he refused to do homage to her cousin Hugues III he was imprisoned and died a year later. She inherited the county of Tonnerre from him. Her third husband was Pierre of Flanders. She married her last husband Robert II Count of Dreux around 1178 but the marriage was annulled due to consanguinity. After that she retired to Fontevraud and became a nun.

[Paul D. Abbott, Provinces, Pays, and Seigneuries of France, 1981, Pirie Printers Pty Ltd., Canberra, Australia, p. 203]

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http://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2011/12/champion-black-widow-serial-killers.html

More: Champion Black Widow Serial Killers

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https://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2014/04/women-in-power-aristocratic-female.html


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For links to other cases of woman who murdered 2 or more husbands (or paramours), see Black Widow Serial Killers.

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1 comment:

  1. Paul D. Abbott did the research. I am quoting a passage from his 1981 book. Please cite the original documents you are referencing and also citations from those scholars who have sorted through the sources and have elucidated the problems and I will be happy to reference them. I am aware that there are confusions in the various sources and that it will take a specialized approach to come up with a qualified opinion.

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