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Mata Hari.
Margaretha Zelle
Mata Hari.
Margaretha Zelle
Mata Hari. Margaretha Zelle
Partners of
Mata Hari.
Margaretha Zelle
Mata Hari. Margaretha Zelle
Mata Hari. Margaretha Zelle Bio Details
Full name
Mata Hari
Maiden name
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle
Also known as
Margaretha MacLeod
Margreet MacLeod
Gender
Female
Age
41
Date of birth
Birth place
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Date of death:
15 Oct 1917
Place of death
Vincennes, Paris, France
Cause of death
Executed by firing squad.
A legendary 'femme fatale' renowned for her exotic dancing in Paris and her many lovers who included ministers, industrialists and generals. When the war broke out she became a spy for the Germans, acquiring secrets from Allied officers who she slept with.
Margaretha was eventually exposed as a spy and executed by a firing squad of twelve soldiers outside Paris at the Chateau de Vincennes. No-one came to claim her body, which was sent to the school of medicine in Paris for lessons in dissection. Her head was preserved at the Museum but later disappeared.
Mata Hari. Margaretha Zelle Partner(s) Other Children
Mata Hari. Margaretha Zelle Children
born 1897, died 1899, age 2
with Captain Rudolf MacLeod
born 1898, died 1919, age 21
with Captain Rudolf MacLeod
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Mata Hari. Margaretha Zelle Family
View Mata Hari. Margaretha Zelle's Family Tree and History, Ancestry and Genealogy
Mata Hari. Margaretha Zelle's parents:
Mata Hari. Margaretha Zelle's father was Adam Zelle Mata Hari. Margaretha Zelle's mother was Antje Zelle Mata Hari. Margaretha Zelle's step-mother was Susanna Zelle
Mata Hari. Margaretha Zelle's children:
Mata Hari. Margaretha Zelle's son was Norman-John MacLeod Mata Hari. Margaretha Zelle's daughter was Louise MacLeod
Mata Hari. Margaretha Zelle's former partners:
Mata Hari. Margaretha Zelle's former husband was Captain Rudolf MacLeod
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