Anne de Seguier explained

Anne de Seguier (fl. 1583), also given as Anne Séguier was a French poet and salon holder.

Biography

Anne de Seguier was the daughter of Pierre Seguier (d. 1559), Lord of Verrières and the lieutenant-criminal of the Grand Châtelet in Paris and his wife Catherine Pinot. Seguier married Francois du Prat, Baron of Vitteaux and of Thiern. He was Chamberlain to the Duke of Anjou. They had three children, Antoine du Prat who married Chrétienne de Sayve, Anne and Philippine, who were educated in the court of Henry III. du Prat died on 8 April 1565 in Paris. Seguier married again to Hugues de La Vergne, Chamberlain and Captain of the guard of the Duke of Anjou. Her daughter Philippine married Clement, Baron of Cosnac and Limosin. Anne became a lady of Queen Catherine de' Medici and in 1584 she married Honorat Prévost, Lord of Chastellier-Portaut.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Seguier was considered a notable poet who wrote her work as a dialogue between Virtue, Honour, Pleasure, Fortune, and Death. She was also a Salon holder. Her daughters were known for their minds and skill in languages, knowledge and literature.^{[3] [4] [5] [7]}

See also

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Notes and References

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4. Web site: Woman's record; or, Sketches of all distinguished women, from the creation to A.D. 1854. Arranged in four eras. With selections from female writers of every age . Hale. Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. 1855 . Internet Archive . 2020-01-14.
5. Book: Cronau, R. . Woman Triumphant: The Story of Her Struggles for Freedom, Education, and Political Rights. Dedicated to All Noble-minded Women by an Appreciative Member of the Other Sex . R. Cronau . 1919 . 2020-01-14 .
6. Book: de Maynard . G. . Coccini . G.B. . Francia. Parlement (Tolosa) . Fouet . Robert . Gesuiti : Collegio Romano . Notables et singulieres questions du droict escrit: decises ou preiugees par arrests memorables de la Cour souueraine du Parlement de Tholose. Conferees aux iugemens et arrests interuenus sur mesmes subiects: es pays de droict escrit, & des autres Parlements & Cour souueraines de ce Royaume de France. Recueillies par maistre Geraud de Maynard ... et par luy redigees en cinq liures: .. . chez Robert Fouet, rue sainct Iacques, a L'Occasion deuant les Maturins . 1603 . fr . 2020-01-14 . 2-PA307-IA1.
7. Web site: Les Femmes Poëtes au XVIe siècle/Les femmes poëtes au seizième siècle - Wikisource. fr.wikisource.org. fr. 2020-01-15.