Honorat de Porchères Laugier
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Honorat de Porchères Laugier (Forcalquier
, 8 June 1572 - 26 October 1653) was a French poet. He is most notable for his sonnet on the beautiful eyes of Gabrielle d'Estrées
and for being a founder member of the Académie française
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Forcalquier
Forcalquier is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.Forcalquier is located between the Lure and Luberon mountain ranges, about south of Sisteron and west of the Durance river...
, 8 June 1572 - 26 October 1653) was a French poet. He is most notable for his sonnet on the beautiful eyes of Gabrielle d'Estrées
Gabrielle d'Estrées
Gabrielle d'Estrées, Duchess of Beaufort and Verneuil, Marchioness of Monceaux was a French mistress of King Henry IV of France, born at either the Château de la Bourdaisière in Montlouis-sur-Loire, in Touraine, or at the château de Cœuvres, in Picardy....
and for being a founder member of the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
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