Charlotte Duplessis-Mornay

Charlotte Duplessis-Mornay(1550–1606) was a French writer of the reformation. She was born as Charlotte Arbaleste.

Life and work

Charlotte became a Huguenot and wrote a first person account of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. Two years later, in 1574, she met Philippe de Mornay. After her first husband had died, she did not want to remarry, but after spending many months in intellectual discussions, she began to be favourably disposed to him. When he was captured, she paid his ransom and they got married in 1575.^[1]

She often traveled with her husband on his diplomatic missions and they befriended several prominent English protestants like Francis Walsingham, Mary Sidney and her brother Philip Sydney.

They had many children, but only three survived infancy. For her only surviving son, Charlotte wrote her Mémoires from 1576 until his death in 1605.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ Robin, Larsen and Levin. p. 273. 
2. ^ Robin, Larsen and Levin. p. 273. 

References

• Robin, Diana Maury, Larsen, Anne R. and Levin, Carole (2007). Encyclopedia of women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England. ABC-CLIO, Inc. 

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Name	Duplessis-Mornay, Charlotte
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Date of birth	1550
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Date of death	1606
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