Catherine Monvoisin (La Voisin)

Born: 1640
Died: 22 February 1680, aged about 40
Record: Wikidata Q442429 · Wikipedia

Perpetrator in The Affair of the Poisons

Born Catherine Deshayes, c. 1640. Fortune teller and midwife at the centre of the network; burned for witchcraft and poisoning.

1677–1682 · Paris and the court of Louis XIV, France · Executed

Fortune tellers selling 'inheritance powders' to the Paris elite, a secret court lit by torches, and testimony that reached the king's own mistress. Read the case.