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  1. Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc (1712 in Wisconsin?, French Louisiana – 15 December 1775 in Paris, France) was a famous feral child of the 18th century in France who was known as The Wild Girl of Champagne, The Maid of Châlons, or The Wild Child of Songy.

  2. Apr 22, 2024 · After a period of adjustment, she was baptized and given a name, Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc, by the Roman Catholic Church. When doctors attempted to change her diet from raw meat to cooked food and wine, she not only became extremely sick, but her teeth fell out.

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  3. Mar 15, 2021 · Reason, Freedom, Animality: Memmie le Blanc. by Karl SteelMarch 15, 2021. Stories of children raised by animals or isolated in the wilderness changed radically in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. What had once been stories of the founders of technologies and civilizations — Romulus and Remus are the paradigm — became stories of ...

  4. 1 day ago · Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc’s story came to an end on December 15, 1775, when she passed away in Paris at the age of 63. The inventory of her possessions revealed that she had managed to attain a level of wealth, a striking evidence to her resilience and determination. Though her tale has often been overshadowed by fictional heroines ...

  5. Jan 19, 2002 · The Viscount d'Epinoy was the first of several dignitaries to take up the savage girl's cause. She was baptised in 1732 and given the name Marie-Angelique Memmie Le Blanc.

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  7. Feb 2, 2022 · For the Wild Girl of Champagne, the opposite transition — from the wilderness to life in a small French village — was just as difficult. After being captured, the Wild Girl was baptized and given the name Marie Angelique Leblanc.

  8. Jul 6, 2021 · The book told the story of a “young wild girl,” christened by the French as Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc. In 1731 the teenage Le Blanc had turned up in northern France, hungry for raw meat, armed with a club, and speaking incomprehensibly.

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