Clémence de Bourges
Illustration — A Scepter of Clémence de Bourges Clémence de Bourges (c.1530 – c.1563) was a French poet and noblewoman, and a literary figure of the Renaissance. Clémence was the daughter of Claude de Bourges, seigneur of Mions in the Dauphiné; Claude was the lieutenant-general of finance for Piedmont and an official of the city of Lyon. Clémence belonged to the literary circle that gathered around Maurice Scève, Lyon's leading poet.
Also recorded as Clementia de Bourges
Clémence de Bourges
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- 1530 · Lyon.
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- France
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- poet · woman of letters · writer
- Movements
- School of Lyon
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — A Scepter of Clémence de Bourges Clémence de Bourges (c.1530 – c.1563) was a French poet and noblewoman, and a literary figure of the Renaissance. Clémence was the daughter of Claude de Bourges, seigneur of Mions in the Dauphiné; Claude was the lieutenant-general of finance for Piedmont and an official of the city of Lyon. Clémence belonged to the literary circle that gathered around Maurice Scève, Lyon's leading poet.
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Born at Lyon in 1530, died in Lyon in 1557.
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