Angélique Paulet (1592–1651) was a French ''
précieuse
Précieuse (; Old French: ''Preciuse'') is the sword of Baligant, the Saracen king in the French epic ''The Song of Roland''.
Baligant allegedly named his sword in response to hearing that Charlemagne's sword
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'', singer and
lute
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-playing musician, one of the ''habitués'' of the famous literary salon of
Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, where she was called ''La Lionne rousse'' and ''La belle Lionne'' because of her red hair and proud poise. She often performed at the assemblies of the ''Chambre bleue'' by singing and playing the
lute
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.
She was the daughter of the financier
:fr:Charles Paulet, one of king
Henry IV of France's secretaries. According to
Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, Henry IV was assassinated while on his way to visit her.
The musical instrument
angélique, which first appeared in Paris in the 17th century, may have been named after her.
Claire Fontijn. Desperate Measures: The Life and Music of Antonia Padoani Bembo
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References
External links
* De Smet, Ingrid A. R.
Menippean Satire and the Republic of Letters, 1581-1655
(1996)
* https://archive.org/stream/htelderambouil00vincrich/htelderambouil00vincrich_djvu.txt
* http://www.fullbooks.com/The-Women-of-the-French-Salons1.html
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17th-century French actresses
French stage actresses
1592 births
1651 deaths
17th-century French musicians
17th-century women musicians
French lutenists