French writer (1634-1693)
She wrote what France calls its first historical novel — and one of literature's earliest novels at all — then published it without her name on the cover.
Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne was baptized 18 March 1634 and became the Comtesse de La Fayette by marriage. Somewhere in that span she wrote La Princesse de Clèves, a work that would later be recognized as France's first historical novel and among the earliest novels in all of literature. She died 25 May 1693, leaving behind a form that hadn't quite existed before she touched it.
Sourced, dated quotes from Madame de La Fayette
The King's colours were white and black, which he always wore in honour of the Duchess of Valentinois, who was a widow. The Duke of Ferrara and his retinue had yellow and red.
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