Madeleine de l’Aubespine
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Madeleine de l’Aubespine (1546 Villeroy
, Burgundy
- 1596) was a French poet,
She was a lady in waiting to Catherine de Medicis.
She corresponded with Pierre de Ronsard
.
She married Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy
; they had a son, Charles de Neufville.
Villeroy
-Places:*Villeroy, Quebec, a municipality in the province of Québec*Villeroy, Seine-et-Marne, a commune in the French region of Île-de-France*Villeroy, Somme, a commune in the French region of Picardie*Villeroy, Yonne, a commune in the French region of Bourgogne...
, Burgundy
Duchy of Burgundy
The Duchy of Burgundy , was heir to an ancient and prestigious reputation and a large division of the lands of the Second Kingdom of Burgundy and in its own right was one of the geographically larger ducal territories in the emergence of Early Modern Europe from Medieval Europe.Even in that...
- 1596) was a French poet,
She was a lady in waiting to Catherine de Medicis.
She corresponded with Pierre de Ronsard
Pierre de Ronsard
Pierre de Ronsard was a French poet and "prince of poets" .-Early life:...
.
Family
She was the daughter of Claude de L'Aubespine, and Jeanne Bochetel.She married Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy
Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy
Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy was a secretary of state under four kings of France: Charles IX, Henry III, Henry IV, and Louis XIII. The most distinguished of all sixteenth-century French secretaries, Villeroy rose to prominence during the French Wars of Religion, a period of almost...
; they had a son, Charles de Neufville.
Works
- "L'on verra s'arrêter le mobile du monde", Les Grandes Classiques
- "L'on verra s'arrêter le mobile du monde", Attr. to Madeleine de l'Aubespine, 1546–1596; written by Héliette de Vivonne, 1560–1625, translator J. Friedman
- "A Ronsard"; "Epigram d'Amour sur Son Nom", French Women Poets of Nine Centuries: The Distaff and the Pen, Norman R. Shapiro, Roberta Krueger, Translateor Norman R. Shapiro, JHU Press, 2008, ISBN 9780801888045