Madeleine de L'Aubépine

Madeleine de L'Aubépine
Dame de Villeroy
Portrait of a woman, said to be Madeleine de L'Aubespine, Dame de Villeroy
Born1546 (1546)
Villeroy, Burgundy
Died1596 (aged 49–50)
Noble familyL'Aubespine
SpouseNicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy
IssueCharles
FatherClaude de l'Aubespine, baron de Châteauneuf
MotherJeanne Bochetel

Madeleine de l'Aubespine, dame de Villeroy (1546–1596) was a French aristocrat, lady in waiting to Catherine de Medicis, poet, and literary patron. She was one of the only female poets praised by "the prince of poets," Pierre de Ronsard and she was one of the earliest female erotic poets.

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