# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marie-josephte-corriveau
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:07:25.737Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marie-josephte-corriveau"
name: "Marie-Josephte Corriveau"
slug: "marie-josephte-corriveau"
description: "Marie-Josephte Corriveau, 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."
tagline: "Woman from New France who murdered her second husband (1733-1763) and well-known figure in Québécois folklore"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/La_Corriveau_(Simpson).png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1733"
deathDate: "1763-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.63
  momentum:             2.216456634544107
  historical:           5.785322666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Josephte_Corriveau"
    title: "Marie-Josephte Corriveau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Josephte_Corriveau"
    title: "Marie-Josephte Corriveau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Josephte_Corriveau"
    title: "Marie-Josephte Corriveau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marie-Josephte_Corriveau"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Josephte_Corriveau"
    title: "Marie-Josephte Corriveau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Josephte_Corriveau"
    title: "Marie-Josephte Corriveau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3291969"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump