ANTOINETTE DU LIGIER DE LA GARDE See also:

• ANTOINETTE DU LIGIER DE LA GARDE DESHOULIERES (1638–1694)

DESHOULIERES (1638–1694)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 1st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1638 . She was the daughter of Melchior du Ligier, sieur de la Garde, maitre d'hotel to the queens See also:

• MARIE

Marie de' See also:

• MEDICI
• MEDICI, GIACOMO (1817-1882)

Medici and See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria . She received a careful and very See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• EDUCATION

education, acquiring a knowledge of Latin, See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish and See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian, and studying See also:

• PROSODY (Gr. rpovwSta)

prosody under the direction of the poet See also:

• JEAN

Jean Hesnault . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of thirteen she married See also:

• GUILLAUME
• GUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAUDE EUGENE (1822-1905)

Guillaume de Boisguerin, seigneur See also:

• DESHOULIERES, ANTOINETTE DU LIGIER DE LA GARDE (1638–1694)

Deshoulieres, who followed the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• CONDE
• CONDE, LOUIS DE BOURBON, PRINCE
• CONDE, LOUIS II
• CONDE, PRINCES OF

Conde as See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel of one of his regiments to See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders about a See also:

• YEAR

year after the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage . Madame Deshoulieres returned for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of her parents, where she gave herself to See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing See also:

• POETRY

poetry and studying the See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy of Gassendi . She rejoined her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband at See also:

• ROCROI

Rocroi, near See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, where, being distinguished for her See also:

• PERSONAL

personal beauty, she became the See also:

• OBJECT

object of embarrassing attentions on the See also:

• PART

part of the prince of Conde . Having made herself See also:

• OBNOXIOUS (Lat. obnoxiosus, from ob, over, against, and noxa, harm)

obnoxious to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government by her urgent demand forthe arrears of her husband's pay, she was imprisoned in the See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau of Wilworden . After a few months she was freed by her husband, who attacked the chateau at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a small See also:

• BAND

band of soldiers . An See also:

• AMNESTY (from the Gr. &µvrly-ria, oblivion)

amnesty having been proclaimed, they returned to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, where Madame Deshoulieres soon became a conspicuous personage at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIV. and in See also:

• LITERARY

literary society . She won the friendship and admiration of the most eminent literary men of the age—some of her more zealous flatterers even going so far as to See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style her the tenth muse and the French See also:

• CALLIOPE

Calliope . Her poems were very numerous, and included specimens of nearly all the See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor forms, odes, eclogues, idylls, elegies, chansons, See also:

• BALLADS

ballads, madrigals, &c . Of these the idylls alone, and only some of them, have stood the test of time, the others being entirely forgotten .

She wrote several dramatic See also:

• WORKS

works, the best of which do not rise to mediocrity . Her friend-See also:

• SHIP

ship for See also:

• CORNEILLE, PIERRE (1606–1684)
• CORNEILLE, THOMAS (1625-1709)

Corneille made her take sides for the Phedre of Pradon against that of See also:

• RACINE
• RACINE, JEAN (1639-1699)
• RACINE, LOUIS (1692-1763)

Racine . See also:

• VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE (1694–1778)

Voltaire pronounced her the best of See also:

• WOMEN

women French poets; and her reputation with her contemporaries is indicated by her See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election as a member of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of the Ricovrati of See also:

• PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova)

Padua and of the Academy of See also:

• ARLES
• ARLES, KINGDOM OF

Arles . In 1688 a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of 2000 livres was bestowed upon her by the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, and she was thus relieved from the poverty in which she had See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long lived . She died in Paris on the 17th See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1694 . Complete See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of her works were published at Paris in 1695, 1747, &c . These include a few poems by her daughter, See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

Antoine Therese Deshoulieres (1656–1718), who inherited her See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent .