Henriette de Coligny de La Suze

Henriette de Coligny de La Suze (1618 – March 10, 1673) was a French writer. Early life She was one of four children born to Anne de Polignac and Gaspard de Coligny, Duc de Châtillon, who served under Louis XIII, and was appointed Marshal of France in 1622. Her paternal grandfaher was François de Coligny and her great-grandfather was the Huguenot leader Admiral Gaspard de Coligny. Writing career In 1666, she published a collection of 21 of her poems as Poésies de Madame la Comtesse de La Suze but she also contributed verse and prose to many other collected works. Ninety-five of her poems appear in "L'amour raisonnable", part of Recueil de pièces galantes en prose et en vers; each poem is preceded by a preamble in prose.