Francoise spelt her name GAZELLI There is a statue of her in Leucate Village. There is a paragraph engraved next to it , in which she appeals to the commanders of the French garrison in 1589. She is clearly desperate and says in her message that desperate action, including loss of life may well be called for in the camapign against the Spanish.

Françoise de Cezelli (1558–1615) was a French female knight

Knight

A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....

 and war hero.
She defeated the Spanish army during the battle of Leucate

Leucate

Nestled between the Mediterranean sea and sea pond backing the Corbières mountains with an impressive view on the Canigou peak, Leucate is a community of typical villages lying among a unique natural landscape....

 in 1590, in the course of the Spanish-French War.

She is considered as one of the first French female war heroes.

The reputation of Françoise de Cezelli is still widespread in the Languedoc

Languedoc

Languedoc is a former province of France, now continued in the modern-day régions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées in the south of France, and whose capital city was Toulouse, now in Midi-Pyrénées. It had an area of approximately 42,700 km² .-Geographical Extent:The traditional...

, as many schools and official buildings are still named after her.