

Jeanne Pierre Paulin Blanque Third marriage.At the time of the marriage, Blanque purchased a house at 409 Royal Street in New Orleans for the family, which became known later as the Villa Blanque. In June 1808, Delphine married Jean Blanque, a prominent banker, merchant, lawyer, and legislator. Previous Next Second marriage and death of husband On June 11, 1800, Marie Delphine Macarty married Don Ramón de Lopez y Angulo, a high-ranking Spanish royal officer, at the Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. Both were prominent in the town's European Creole community. (The Irish surname MacCarthy was shortened to Macarty or de Macarty.) Her mother was Marie-Jeanne L'Érable, also known as "the widow Le Comte", as her marriage to Louis B. Her father was Louis Barthelemy de McCarty (originally Chevalier de MacCarthy), whose father Barthelemy (de) MacCarthy brought the family to New Orleans from Ireland around 1730, during the French colonial period. Marie Delphine Macarty was born in New Orleans on March 19, 1787, as one of five children. The mansion where Lalaurie lived is a landmark in the French Quarter, because of its history and its architectural significance. The Lalaurie mansion is a French Quarter landmark in New Orleans. Lalaurie's house was then sacked by an outraged mob of New Orleans citizens. She maintained her position in New Orleans society until April 10, 1834, when rescuers responding to a fire at her Royal Street mansion discovered bound slaves in her attic who showed evidence of cruel, violent abuse over a long period. Marie Delphine Macarty or MacCarthy (Ma– December 7, 1849), more widely known as Madame Blanque, until her third marriage, when she became known as Madame Lalaurie, was a New Orleans Creole socialite and serial killer who tortured and murdered slaves in her household.īorn during the Spanish colonial period, Delphine Macarty married three times in Louisiana, and was twice widowed.
