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Marie Delphine Lalaurie (née Macarty or Maccarthy, c. 1780 – 1849), more commonly known as Madame LaLaurie, was a New Orleans Creole socialite and alleged serial killer, infamous for torturing and likely murdering her household slaves. Born during the Spanish colonial period, Delphine Macarty married three times in Louisiana, having twice been widowed. 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 treatment over a long period. Lalaurie's house was subsequently sacked by an outraged mob of New Orleans citizens. She escaped to France with her family.〔http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-torture-chamber-is-uncovered-by-arson〕 The mansion where Lalaurie lived is a landmark in the French Quarter, in part because of its history and in part because there were relatively few such massive homes in the Quarter. == Biography to 1834 == Delphine Macarty was born about 1780, one of five children. Her father was Louis Barthelemy Macarty (originally ''Chevalier de Maccarthy'') whose father Barthelemy (de) Maccarthy brought the family to New Orleans from Ireland around 1730, during the French colonial period.〔King (1921), pp. 368–373.〕 (The Scots-Irish surname Maccarthy was shortened to ''Macarty'' or ''de Macarty''.) Her mother was Marie Jeanne Lovable,〔Arthur (1936), p. 148.〕 also known as "the widow Lecomte", whose marriage to Louis B. Macarty was her second.〔King (1921), pp. 368—373.〕 Both were prominent in the town's white Creole community.〔 Delphine's cousin, Augustin de Macarty, was mayor of New Orleans from 1815 to 1820.〔King (1921), p. 373.〕 On June 11, 1800, Mlle. Marie Delphine Macarty married Don Ramón de Lopez y Angulo, a ''Caballero de la Royal de Carlos'' (a high-ranking Spanish royal officer),〔〔King (1921), p. 359.〕 at the Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans.〔 (''Luisiana'', as it was spelled in Spanish, had become a Spanish colony in the 1760s.) By 1804, after the American acquisition, Don Ramón had been appointed to the position of consul general for Spain in the Territory of Orleans.〔 Also in 1804, Delphine and Ramón Lopez traveled to Spain.〔 Accounts of the trip vary. Grace King wrote in 1921 that the trip was Lopez's "military punishment" and that Señora Delphine Lopez met the Queen, who was impressed with Mrs. Lopez's beauty.〔King (1921), pp. 359–360.〕 Stanley Arthur's 1936 report differed; he stated that on March 26, 1804, Don Ramón Lopez was recalled to Spain "to take his place at court as befitting his new position," but that Lopez never arrived in Madrid because he died in ''en route'', in Havana.〔 During the voyage, Delphine gave birth to a daughter, named Marie-Borja/Borgia Delphine Lopez y Angulo de la Candelaria, nicknamed Borquita.〔〔 Delphine and her daughter returned to New Orleans afterwards. In June 1808, Delphine married Jean Blanque, a prominent banker, merchant, lawyer, and legislator.〔 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.〔 Delphine had four more children by Blanque, named Marie Louise Pauline, Louise Marie Laure, Marie Louise Jeanne, and Jeanne Pierre Paulin Blanque.〔 Blanque died in 1816.〔Arthur (1936), p. 149.〕 Delphine married her third husband, physician Leonard Louis Nicolas LaLaurie, who was much younger than she,〔Martineau (1838), p. 137.〕 on June 25, 1825.〔 In 1831, she bought property at 1140 Royal Street,〔Cable (1888), p. 200.〕 which she managed in her own name with little involvement of her husband,〔 and by 1832 had built a three-story mansion there,〔 complete with attached slave quarters. She lived there with her husband and two of her daughters,〔 and maintained a central position in New Orleans society.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Delphine LaLaurie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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