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Henriette Calliaux

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The Resume

    (December 6, 1897-February 8, 1943)
    Born in Nice, France
    French socialite/assassin
    Second wife of French prime minister Joseph Calliaux
    Assasinated Gaston Calmette
    Acquitted after a sensational trial (1914)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was having an affair with the prime minister while he was still married to his first wife.
    She murdered newspaper editor Gaston Calmette after he was critical of her husband.
    She was the original O.J. Simpson.
    She was acquitted because of sexism at the time; the defense argued women could not control their emotions.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She stood up for the man she loved.
    Before she killed Calmette, she challenged him to a duel, which was unusual for high status women of the time.
    Four years after her acquittal, her husband was arrested for treason.

Credit: Jack Magic


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 81.25% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 15 Votes: 26.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 76 Votes: 64.47% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 26 Votes: 65.38% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 37 Votes: 59.46% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 45 Votes: 62.22% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 32 Votes: 62.50% Annoying