Antoinette de Saliès

Antoinette de Saliès
Born	Antoinette de Salvan de Saliès 1639
Died	June 13, 1730 Salies
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	writer and feminist

Antoinette de Salvan de Saliès (1639 – June 13, 1730, Salies) was a French writer and feminist.

Early years

Antoinette de Salvan was born in Albi, in 1639; she was baptized November 27, 1639.^[1]^[a] Her nickname was "the little muse of Albi". She married the marquess, Antoine de Saliès, and became known as "Marchioness de Saliès".^[3]

Writing and activism

After her husband's death, Saliès devoted herself to romantic writing in the form of the historical novel, as well as poetic and epistolary writing, while ensuring the education of her children. She was honored in 1689 at the Academy of Ricovrati in Padua, but did not go to Italy or elsewhere, having never left her province.^[4]

In 1704, Saliès founded the Society of Knights and Signet of Good Faith, a literary society, which said of itself: "A tender and sincere friendship, Sweeter a thousand times than the amorous law, Must be the link, the kind character Knights of Good Faith." Saliès had the ambition to create a "new sect of philosophers in favor of the ladies" and was convinced of the equality of the sexes. ^[b] At least three buildings carry her name: a restaurant in Albi named La viguière d'Alby, the village hall of Saliès, and Salvan-de-Saliès School.

Death

She died on June 13, 1730, at the age 91.

Selected works

Oeuvres complètes
Perqué venguèt? ...
La comtesse d'Isembourg

Notes

^ She was born before November 29, 1639, her baptismal date, though this date is selected by some sources as her birth date. She died June 13, 1730 at age 91, which would indicate that she was born during the first half of the year 1639.^[2]
^ Letter V of Madame de Saliez to Monsieur de Vertron^[5]