A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Rohan, Anne de

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ROHAN, ANNE DE,

Daughter of Catherine de Parthenai, heiress of the house of Soubise, was born in 1562, and acquired, like her mother, a high reputation in the literary world. She would have been one of the greatest poetesses of her age, but her devoted piety turned her talent into another channel. She died unmarried in 1646. She was a Protestant, and was celebrated for her courage, as well as her learning.