Saturday, May 09, 2009
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
DESHOULIERES, ANTOINETTE DU LIGIER DE LA GARDE- 1635-1694, french poetesse, b paris. daughter of the chevalier de la guarde to queen mary de medici + anne of austria. received careful + complete education. knowledge of latin, spanish, + italian + prosody. at 13 married seigneur deshoulieres, who soon left w/ prince of conde. rejoined her husband in brussels + caught the eyes of conde, but her complaining about her husbands pay, imprisoned in chateau of wilarorden(sp?) + no books but bible + her father. after a few months, he hubby attacked w/ few men and freed her. amnesty + of to france + to the court of Louis XIV, in literary society. prolific, songs too-lyrics. several plays. voltaire praised her pension from the king. her daughter also wrote poetry.
