Charlotte Diane de Foix-Candale (after 1540 – 24 May 1587) became the Comtesse of Gurson (in
France
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) after her marriage in 1579 with Louis de Foix, who fell in the
Battle of Montraveau on 29 July 1587.
Michel de Montaigne dedicated the twenty-sixth of his ''
Essais
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'' ("On the Education of Children") to her.
Literature
*Wilkins, D.G.; Wilkins, R.L. (eds): ''The Search for a Patron in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance'', Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Vol 12;
Edwin Mellen Press 1996; .
External links
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Foix-Candale, Charlotte Diane de
House of Foix
Year of birth uncertain
16th-century births
1587 deaths
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