Mary Ormond Mary Ormond Mary Ormond or Ormand (born c. 1702, died c. 1759) was the wife of the notorious English pirate Blackbeard. She was notable for her marriage to Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard. She was married by Royal Governor Charles Eden in Bath, North Carolina, at about the age of sixteen years. The wedding was attended by Tobias Knight, the Royal Secretary for North Carolina, who was Teach's neighbor. She was the daughter of William Ormand, a plantation owner from Bath in Somerset. It is believed Blackbeard offered her as a gift to the crew of his ship Queen
Cœur de pirate Cœur de pirate Béatrice Martin (; born September 22, 1989), better known by her stage name Cœur de pirate (; French for "Pirate's Heart"), is a Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist. A francophone from Montreal, she sings mostly in French and has been credited with "bringing "la chanson française" to a whole new generation of Quebec youth". Born in the province of Quebec, Martin started playing the piano when she was only three years old. She entered the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal at age nine and studied there for five years. At age 15, she played as a