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Antoine Rodolphe Chevallier Antoine Rodolphe Chevallier (1523–1572) was a French Protestant Hebraist, holder of teaching positions in England, and tutor in French and Hebrew to the future Elizabeth I of England.
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Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last monarch of the House of Tudor.
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Eleonora Ramirez di Montalvo Eleonora Ramirez di Montalvo (1602 – 1659) was an Italian educator, author, and poet. During her life she created two lay conservatories, "Il Conventino" and "La Quiete". Her work has played a large role in the evolution of education for women.
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Marie-Louise de Beauvoir Marie-Louise de Beauvoir née "Cousin" (17 August, 1776, Pas-de-Calais-1855), was a Belgian pioneer educator. She was the founder of the first secular school for girls in Belgium, the «Maison d’éducation de demoiselles» in Liége, which was to be regarded as the perhaps most fashionable girls school in the country, and was its manager in 1816-1852. On of her students was the pioneer educator Léonie de Waha, who founded a college for girls, "l'école supérieure de demoiselles" (1868, from 1878 known as "lycée Léonie de Waha").
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Élisabeth, Countess Greffulhe Marie Anatole Louise Élisabeth, Countess Greffulhe (née de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay; 11 July 1860 – 21 August 1952) was a French socialite, known as a renowned beauty and queen of the salons of the "Faubourg Saint-Germain" in Paris.
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Amélie van Assche Amélie van Assche (born 1804 - ?) was a Belgian painter. She was born in 1804, and was the daughter of Henri Jean van Assche. Her sister, Isabelle Catherine van Assche, a landscape painter, was a pupil of her uncle, Henri Van Assche. Her first teachers were Miss F. Lagarenine and D'Antissier. She later went to Paris, where she spent some time as a pupil of Millet. At the opening of the 19th century, the "Art of the Miniature" was cultivated—as expressed at the time—by Hortense van Baerlen, Marie-Josèphe Dargent, and Assche. She made her debut at Ghent in 1820, and in Brussels in 1821, with watercolors and pastels, and some of her miniatures figured in the various exhibitions at Brussels between 1830 and 1848, and in Ghent between 1835 and 1838. Her portraits, which are, thought to be very good likenesses, are also admirable in color, drawing, and modelling; and her portrait of Leopold I., which she painted in 1839, won for her the appointment at court. She was a portrait painter and court painter to Queen Louise Marie of Belgium.
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Alix Le Clerc Alix Le Clerc (2 February 1576 – 9 January 1622), known as Mother Alix, was the foundress of the (French: "Notre-Dame" ), a religious Order founded to provide education to girls, especially those living in poverty. They opened Schools of Our Lady throughout Europe. Offshoots of this Order brought its mission and spirit around the globe. She was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1947.
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Austrebertha Austrebertha (Austreberta, Eustreberta, Austreberta of Pavilly) (French: "Austreberthe" ) (630–704) is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. The daughter of Saint Framechildis and the Count Palatine Badefrid, she became a nun after she refused to be part of an arranged marriage. She received the veil from Saint Omer at Abbeville and later became an abbess at Jumieges, and at Pavilly. She helped reform the convent of Pavilly.
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Sisters of the Holy Childhood of Jesus and Mary The Sisters of the Holy Childhood of Jesus and Mary, known also as Sisters of Ste-Chrétienne, are a Roman Catholic congregation founded in 1807 by Madame Anne-Victoire Méjanes, née Tailleux, for the education of girls and the care of the sick poor.
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Marie Thérèse of France Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France (19 December 1778 – 19 October 1851), "Madame Royale", was the eldest child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, and the only one to reach adulthood (her siblings all dying before the age of 11). She was married to Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, who was the eldest son of the future Charles X, her father's younger brother; thus the bride and groom were also first cousins.
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Noël Quillerier Noël Quillerier (1594 (baptised August 1) - April 3, 1669) was a French painter who also served as a "valet de chambre" for the king. A native of Orléans, in 1631 he married Charlotte Lerambert, the daughter of sculptor Louis Lerambert. Their daughter Marguerite married the sculptor Antoine Coysevox; their son Jérôme (sometimes called Hiérosme), baptized February 19, 1639, was also listed as a painter, though none of his works are known to have survived. Among Quillerier's pupils was Noël Coypel. He died in Paris.
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Anne of Austria Anne of Austria (22 September 1601 – 20 January 1666), a Spanish princess of the House of Habsburg, was queen of France as the wife of Louis XIII and regent for their son, Louis XIV. During her regency (1643–1651), Cardinal Mazarin served as France's chief minister. Accounts of French court life of her era emphasize her difficult marital relations with her husband, her closeness to her son Louis XIV, and her disapproval of her son's marital infidelity to her niece Maria Theresa.
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Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart (nun) Marie-Madeleine Gabrielle Adélaïde de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1645 – 15 August 1704) was a French nun from the House of Rochechouart. The abbess of Fontevraud Abbey, she was an influential figure in the 17th century French intellectual community. She was the daughter of Gabriel de Rochechouart, duc de Mortemart, and thus sister to Madame de Montespan.
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Françoise Marie de Bourbon Françoise Marie de Bourbon, "légitimée de France" (4 May 1677 – 1 February 1749) was the youngest illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France and his "maîtresse-en-titre", Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. At the age of 14 she was wed to her first cousin Philippe d'Orléans, future regent of France during the minority of Louis XV. Through four of the eight children she bore him in an unhappy marriage she became the ancestress of several of Europe's Roman Catholic monarchs of the 19th and 20th centuries, notably those of Belgium, Italy, Spain and France.
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Catherine of Alexandria Saint Catherine of Alexandria, or Saint Catharine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine (Greek: ἡ Ἁγία Αἰκατερίνα ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς ) is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius. According to her hagiography, she was both a princess and a noted scholar, who became a Christian around the age of fourteen, converted hundreds of people to Christianity, and was martyred around the age of 18. More than 1,100 years following her martyrdom, Saint Joan of Arc identified Catherine as one of the Saints who appeared to her and counselled her.
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Marie Brûlart Marie Brûlart, "duchesse de Luynes" (1684–1763), was a lady-in-waiting ("dame d'honneur") and close friend to Louis XV's queen consort, Marie Leszczyńska, whom she attended at Versailles for nearly thirty years (1735–63).
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Marie Anne de Bourbon Marie Anne de Bourbon, "Légitimée de France" (2 October 1666 – 3 May 1739) was the eldest legitimised daughter ("fille légitimée de France") of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Louise de La Vallière. At the age of thirteen, she was married to Louis Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti and as such was the Princess of Conti by marriage. Her father's favourite daughter, Marie Anne was widowed in 1685 aged 19. She never married again and had no children. Following her mother's retirement to a convent, Marie Anne continued to reside at her father's court and was later her mother's heiress. She later became the Duchess of La Vallière in her own right.
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Jane Popincourt Jane Popincourt was a French maid-of-honour at the royal court of Louis XII and later of Francis I. For around twelve years, she had a position at the English court, first in the reign of Henry VII, as a distinguished tutor engaged to teach French to the princesses Margaret and Mary; and later in 1509, on the accession of Henry VIII, she was appointed a maid-of-honour to his wife, Catherine of Aragon. In 1514 there were rumors that Jane had become the King's mistress.
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Anne Marie d'Orléans Anne Marie d'Orléans (27 August 1669 – 26 August 1728) was the first Queen consort of Sardinia and the maternal grandmother of Louis XV of France and niece of Louis XIV of France. She served as regent of Savoy during the absence of her spouse in 1686 and during the War of the Spanish Succession.
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François de La Mothe Le Vayer François de La Mothe Le Vayer (] , August 15889 May 1672), was a French writer who was known to use the pseudonym Orosius Tubero. He was admitted to the Académie française in 1639, and was the tutor of Louis XIV.
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Anna Maria van Schurman Anna Maria van Schurman (November 5, 1607 – May 14 or 15, 1678) was a Dutch painter, engraver, poet, and scholar, who is best known for her exceptional learning and her defense of female education. A highly educated woman by seventeenth century standards, she excelled in art, music, and literature, becoming proficient in 14 languages, including contemporary European languages, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Aramaic, and Ethiopian.
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Collège Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur Collège Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur is a private French language co-education secondary school in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Collège Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur shares its name with the University of Notre Dame, which was also founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross. "Notre-Dame" means "Our Lady" in French and refers to the Blessed Virgin Mary. "Sacré-Cœur" means "Sacred Heart", which refers to the physical heart of Jesus Christ as a symbol of Divine love. It is generally considered one of the best French-language secondary schools in the city. This school is right in front of Saint Joseph's Oratory. In fact, Saint André Bessette, the man who built Saint Joseph's Oratory, was Collège Notre-Dame's doorkeeper.