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Brinvilliers, Marquise de

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Notorious for her gallantries and for poisoning her father, brother, and two sisters for the sake of their property; was tortured and beheaded; the poison she used appears to have been the Tofana poison, an art which one of her paramours taught her (1630-1676). See Aqua Tofana .

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Brinvilliers, Marquise de'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/brinvilliers-marquise-de.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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