Anne de Parthenay
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Anne de Parthenay was a 16th-century woman who received a thorough classical education from her mother, Michelle de Saubonne, the governess to Renée, Duchess of Ferrara. Clément Marot stated in verse
Antoine de Pons
Michelle de Saubonne
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Michelle de Saubonne, Madame de Soubise was a French courtier who served as lady-in-waiting to Anne of Brittany, as the Governess of the Children of France beginning in 1499, and as the governess for
Anne de Parthenay
…Anne de Parthenay was a 16th-century woman who received a thorough classical education from her mother, Michelle de Saubonne, the governess to Renée, Duchess of Ferrara. Clément Marot stated in verse to Parthenay that she had "learning and sound knowledge." When Parthenay…
Jean Bourdichon, Great Hours of Anne of Brittany, miniature, c. 1503–1508)
Corneille de Lyon, Renée, Duchess of Ferrara, c. 1530