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"La Voisin never mentioned Montespan as her client during the interviews, nor did she mention having arranged or participated in black masses.[2] She once mentioned to the guards that the question she feared most was that they would ask her about her visits to the royal court.[2] It is likely that she was referring to Montespan as her client and her attempt at murdering the King, and that she feared that such a confession should result in her execution for regicide.[2] Her list of clients, the arranging of the black masses, her connection to Montespan and the murder attempt on the King were not revealed until after her death, when it was stated by her daughter and confirmed by the testimonies of her former associates."

"When her husband was ruined, La Voisin supported the family by practicing chiromancy and face-reading."

La Voisin Refs:

Source 1: Duramy, Benedetta Faedi. "Women and Poisons in 17th Century France," Chicago-Kent Law Review vol. 87, no. 2 (2012)

Source 2: Somerset, Anne. The affair of the poisons: Murder, infanticide, and Satanism at the court of Louis XIV. (St. Martin's Press (October 12, 2003) ISBN 0-312-33017-0)

La Voisin Q's/Notes:

Mentions that her husband was "ruined," I found that his business in jewelry and silk trade had eventually led to bankruptcy specifically, which led to his alcohol abuse and abuse toward Catherine from his frustrations.

Grammatical error- "and fatal poison those who" under "Poison Commission"

"Investigation and Trial" ~ She also denied claims of using her oven to burn the bones of aborted infants that were too large for the grave area in her garden. She also counterclaimed any usage of poisons and that she only possessed purgatives for personal use or her family. Another accusation she denied includes injecting syringes with fatal liquids into the bodies of pregnant women to "empty" them, which the aborted fetuses were then subsequently buried in the same manner at the garden grave.

She denied ever meeting or serving Montespan. Admitted "Paris is full of this..." but refused to mention further clients. [2]

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When her husband's trade business led to bankruptcy, La Voisin supported the family by practicing chiromancy and face-reading.

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Born Catherine Deshayes Montvoisin (c. 1640)

Died February 22, 1680

Other names Montvoisin, La Voisin,

Residence Villeneuve-sur-Gravois, Paris, France

Occupation French fortune teller Sorceress Poisoner

Criminal charge Witchcraft