Laveau, Marie (1827–1897)
Laveau, Marie (1827–1897)
American voodoo priestess. Name variations: Marie Laveau II; Marie Laveaux or Lavieu. Born Marie Philomene Laveau Glapion, Feb 27, 1827, in New Orleans, LA; died June 11, 1897, in New Orleans; some claimed she drowned in a storm on Lake Pontchartrain; others claimed to have seen her as late as 1918; dau. of Marie Laveau (1801–1881) and Louis Christopher Duminy de Glapion.
Became a voodoo priestess and was almost as powerful as her mother; but, lacking the warmth and compassion of her mother, inspired fear and subservience; ran a bar and brothel on Bourbon Street.
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