Anne Dieu-le-Veut

Anne Dieu-le-veut (also known as Marie-Anne or Marianne , born August 28, 1661 in Brittany , † January 11, 1710 in Cap-Haïtien ) was a French pirate . She was one of the few female buccaneers .

origin

Anne came from Brittany .

She was probably deported to Tortuga as a criminal . She reportedly arrived there during the reign of Bertrand de La Bouëres , who was the island's governor from 1665 to 1675 . In 1684 she married the boukanier Pierre Lelong, who died in a battle on July 15, 1690. With him she had a child, Marie Margueritte Yvonne Lelong (1688–1774). In 1691 she married Joseph Chérel, who died in June 1693. With him she had another child, Jean-François Chérel (1692-1732).

In July 1693 she married the Dutch boukanier and naval officer of Saint-Domingue , Laurens de Graaf . He agreed to the marriage after he insulted her and she threatened him with a gun.

According to the traditional description of the event, Anne de Graff had challenged a duel to avenge her late husband. Laurens drew his sword and Anne her pistol . Laurens then surrendered and said that he would not fight a woman. Impressed by Anne's courage, he proposed marriage to her. Anne and de Graaf married on July 28, 1693. This marriage resulted in two children, Marie Catherine de Graff (1694–1743) and a son who died in childhood.

Career as a pirate

Anne Dieu-Le-Veut stood by de Graaf on his pirate ship during his pirate voyages. Contrary to the superstition prevailing at the time that having a woman on board would bring bad luck, Anne was instead viewed by the crew of de Graaf's ship as a mascot and good luck charm and received their share of the booty.

She is said to have actively participated in her husband's piracy and fought on his side. The couple shared the skills of a captain , just as Anne Bonny and Calico Jack did . Unlike Bonny, she never kept her gender a secret. In the stories about Anne, she was referred to as brave, strict, and ruthless. During this time she was known by the nickname Dieu-Le-Veut ("God wants it").

In 1693 de Graaf attacked the British colony of Jamaica and was promoted for it and transferred to Île à Vache . In May 1695, the British hit back with an attack on Port-de-Paix , capturing Anne and her children for the next three years while the French tried unsuccessfully to free them. In 1698 she was released and reunited with her husband. Aside from the date of her death, this is her last historical mention.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Généalogie et Histoire de la Caraïbe. No. 231. (2009).
2. ^ Médéric Louis Elie Moreau de Saint-Méry. Loix et constitutions des colonies franc̜oises de l'Amérique sous le vent: Chez l'auteur (1784).
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ulrike Klausmann, Marion Meinzerin, Gabriel Kuhn: Women pirates and the politics of the Jolly Roger Black Rose Books (1997). ISBN 1-55164-058-9 .
4. ↑ Louis Moréri. Le Grand Dictionnaire Historique Ou Le Mélange Curieux De L'Histoire Sacrée Et Profane , Volume 8. Brandmuller. (1745), page 1054.
5. ↑ Kris E. Lane. Blood and Silver: A History of Piracy in the Caribbean and Central America . Signal Books (1999). ISBN 1-902669-00-2 .
6. ↑ Pierre Margry. Relations et mémoires inédits pour servir à l'histoire de la France sous les Pays d'outre-mer tirés des archives du ministère de la marine et des colonies . Challamel (1867).
7. ↑ Jean-Jacques Seymour. The chemins des proies: une histoire de la flibuste . Ibis Rouge. (2010). ISBN 2-84450-365-9 . Page 299.
8. ↑ David Marley. Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present . ABC-CLIO, (1998). ISBN 0-87436-837-5 .
9. ^ Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix, Jean-Baptiste Le Pers. Histoire De L'Isle Espagnole Ou De S. Domingue . L'Honoré (1733). Page 429.

Web links

Anne Dieu-Le-Veut . ancientworlds.net.