Angélique Paulet (1592–1651) was a French '' précieuse'', singer and

lute A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck (music), neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted. More specifically, the term "lu ...

-playing musician, one of the ''habitués'' of the famous literary salon of

Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet ({{IPA, fr, katʁin də vivɔn maʁkiz də ʁɑ̃bujɛ; 1588 – 2 December 1665), known as Madame de Rambouillet ({{IPA, fr, madam də ʁɑ̃bujɛ), was a society hostess and a major figure in the lite ...

, 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

. She was the daughter of the financier :fr:Charles Paulet, one of king

Henry IV of France Henry IV (; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry (''le Bon Roi Henri'') or Henry the Great (''Henri le Grand''), was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 16 ...

's secretaries. According to

Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux Gédéon Tallemant, Sieur des Réaux (7 November 1619 – 6 November 1692) was a French writer known for his ''Historiettes'', a collection of short biographies. Biography Born at La Rochelle, he belonged to a wealthy middle-class Huguenot f ...

, Henry IV was assassinated while on his way to visit her. The angélique, a musical instrument which first appeared in Paris in the 17th century, may have been named after her.

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* 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Paulet, Angelique 17th-century French actresses French stage actresses 1592 births 1651 deaths 17th-century French musicians 17th-century French women musicians French lutenists