She was very wealthy, due to inheritances from her parents and her late husbands, and tasked with raising five children alone. It was the home of Delphine LaLaurie and her husband, Dr. Leonard LaLaurie. In 1831, Madame LaLaurie purchased a three-story mansion at 1140 Royal Street in the French Quarter. The southern slave revolts of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries left plantation and slave owners in general deeply paranoid about their slaves. At the age of 41 and after a series of failed marriages Delphine wedded a young man half her age named Leonard Louis Nicolas LaLaurie.
Before we go into the different stories, let’s talk about Madame LaLaurie. Meeting Louis Lalaurie Delphine seems to have been a typical wife and mother up to the point of her marriage to Louis Lalaurie. Madame LaLaurie. A fire erupted at the mansion located at 1140 Royal Street in the French Quarter. Barthelemy McCarty was an Irish immigrant, and changed his last name to 'Macarty' soon after his arrival, as was accustomed for many immigrants. The woman had been chained to the stove and was beaten regularly. Delphine Lalaurie was born Marie Delphine Macarty, circa 1775 to Louis Barthelemy McCarty and Marie Jeanne Lovable (also listed as the name Vevue Macarty), prominent members of the New Orleans community. Many people called Madame LaLaurie mad. Some have gone so far as to suggest […] 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. Born as Delphine LaLaurie, Madame LaLaurie was New Orleans’s most powerful slave owners and was born in 1780 to rich parents. As such, she purchased the property where the torture occurred, 1140 Royal Street, and most accounts say she managed the construction of the three-story mansion on the premises.” A graceful woman, LaLaurie, however, was dark and cruel. Some people have suggested that Madame LaLaurie’s cruelty stemmed from a deep dislike and distrust of slaves. The history of Delphine Lalaurie. The Gallier House is another house museum and open to the public for tours. Madame Marie Delphine Lalaurie was a renowned socialite who inhabited the elegant manor house of 1140 Royal Street, New Orleans during the early 19th century. She was born to a French mother and a Rich Irish father and owned a massive mansion in New Orleans.
He was not often present in her day to day life and mostly left his wife to her own devices.
A combination of that age difference and Delphine LaLaurie’s significant wealth afforded her a very dominant position in the relationship, so much so that the purchase and building of the house at 1140 Royal Street was solely her endeavor and Leonard’s … Her mother was Maria Lerable and her father was Louis Macarty.
After Delphine LaLaurie married her third husband, Louis LaLaurie, and moved into his estate on Royal Street, she immediately took control of the large number of slaves used as servants. The fire was started by the cook, a 70 year old slave. Indulging in the lavish lifestyle of an affluent aristocrat, Lalaurie hosted many dinner parties that were always very popular with her fellow patricians. She was the woman who would be known as a cruel mistress of the house. Madame LaLaurie (Delphine LaLaurie) was a powerful and rich slave owner in the early 19th century America. While walking past the LaLaurie Mansion on Royal, be sure to note the property two houses down at the Gallier House for a glimpse of the “outside” of Delphine’s mansion from the TV show. She was born in New Orleans circa 1780 to an Irish gentleman and a French lady of upper society. After his death, Delphine married her third and final husband, a much younger doctor named Leonard Louis Nicolas LaLaurie. Marie Delphine Macarty or MacCarthy (March 19, 1787 – December 7, 1849), more commonly known as Madame Blanque or, after her third marriage, as Madame LaLaurie, was a New Orleans Creole socialite and serial killer who tortured and murdered slaves in her household.. Born during the Spanish colonial period, LaLaurie married three times in Louisiana and was twice widowed. In the 1800’s her mansion became the talk of the town and came to be known as a ‘hell hole’ in which she tormented all her slaves.