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Gabrielle de Coignard (1550–1586) was a French poet, born in Toulouse, France, to John de Coignard and Louise de Baulac.[1] She married a prominent statesman, Pierre de Manescal, in 1570, and was widowed three years later, with two young daughters, Jeanne and Catherine.[2] She turned to writing spiritual verse to help her spiritual and physical struggles.[3]
