Marie-Josephte Corriveau
Marie-Josephte Corriveau | |
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La Corriveau's skeleton terrorising a traveller one stormy night. Illustration by Charles Walter Simpson for the Légendes du Saint-Laurent, 1926. | |
| Born | January or February 1733 Saint-Vallier, New France |
| Died | April 18, 1763 (aged 30) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Resting place | Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-De Lévy, Lévis |
| Other names | La Corriveau |
| Known for | Murder |
Marie-Josephte Corriveau (1733 – April 18, 1763), better known as "la Corriveau", is a well-known figure in Québécois folklore. She lived in New France, and was sentenced to death in 1763 by a British court martial for the murder of her second husband. She was hanged, and her body was placed in a gibbet on public display in Lévis. Her story has become a legend in Quebec, and she is the subject of many books and plays.