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Constant d'Aubigné
Constant d'Aubigné (158531 August 1647) was a French nobleman, son of Théodore-Agrippa d'Aubigné, the poet, soldier, propagandist and chronicler.
Life.
Born into a Huguenot family, Constant led a less structured life, first embracing Protestantism and then the Catholic causes, visiting England and then in 1626 betraying the Protestants by revealing English plans to take La Rochelle. As a result, he was disinherited by his father.
Final Days.
Richelieu had d'Aubigné and his family imprisoned at Niort
Saint-Louis, a school for girls from poorer noble families, in 1684.
Origins.
Françoise d'Aubigné was born on 27 November 1635, but her place of birth is speculative. A plaque suggests her birthplace was at the Hotel du Chaumont in Niort, in western France. Some sources indicate she may have been born in or just outside the prison at Niort because her father, the Huguenot Constant d'Aubigné, was incarcerated there for conspiring against Cardinal Richelieu. Her mother, Jeanne de Cardilhac, was the daughter of