Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French author (b. 1588)
Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet (1588 – 2 December 1665), known as Madame de Rambouillet, was a society hostess and a major figure in the literary history of 17th-century France.
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Second Anglo-Dutch War
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