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| | name = Louise de Courville | | name = Louise de Courville | ||
| | birth_name = Louise Anne Marie Rondel | | birth_name = Louise Anne Marie Rondel | ||
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| birth_date = 25 August 1860 | ||
| | birth_place = ], France | | birth_place = ], France | ||
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| death_date = 23 February 1937 | ||
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| '''Louise de Courville''' |
'''Louise de Courville''' (née '''Rondel'''; 25 August 1860 in ] – 23 February 1937 in ])<ref></ref> better known as '''Comtesse de Courville''', was a French author of children's books<ref>{{Citation |title=Courville |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16706926t |access-date=2022-02-13}}</ref> and a militant of ]. | ||
| == Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| Born into a bourgeois family, Louise Rondel was the daughter of an engineer with the ].<ref name=":0" /> She was also the cousin of ]. In 1886, she married Count Maurice de Courville (1860–1944), a military engineer and director of the ], responsible for manufacturing heavy artillery for the French army.<ref>{{Citation |title=Cahiers n°32 |url=https://books.google. |
Born into a bourgeois family, Louise Rondel was the daughter of an engineer with the ].<ref name=":0" /> She was also the cousin of ]. In 1886, she married Count ] (1860–1944), a military engineer and director of the ], responsible for manufacturing heavy artillery for the French army.<ref>{{Citation |title=Cahiers n°32 | isbn=978-2-246-78814-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JNKzHPN5NHoC&dq=louise+de+courville+action+fran%C3%A7aise&pg=PT230 |access-date=2022-02-13 | last1=Giraudoux | first1=Jean | date=11 October 2005 | publisher=Grasset }}</ref> | ||
| Passionate about literature, the Comtesse de Courville published several children's novels between 1896 and 1899. Concurrently, she hosted a salon at her apartment on the ], where she became a close friend of ] and ].<ref name=":0" /> She was described as a “woman of social and networking prowess."<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title= |
Passionate about literature, the Comtesse de Courville published several children's novels between 1896 and 1899. Concurrently, she hosted a salon at her apartment on the ], where she became a close friend of ] and ].<ref name=":0" /> She was described as a “woman of social and networking prowess."<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=L'Action française au féminin : Réseaux et figures de militantes au début du XXe siècle |isbn=978-2-7574-2123-9 |url=http://books.openedition.org/septentrion/39261 |access-date=2022-02-13 |author1=Collectif |date=10 May 2019 |publisher=Presses Universitaires du Septentrion }}</ref> | ||
| Alongside the ], she worked to mobilize sections of royalist women<ref name=":0" /> and played an active role in establishing the ]. She was named secretary of the ].<ref name=":0" /> Her dedication served as an inspiration for “her son ] and her two sons-in-law, Jean Rivain and Pierre Gilbert, who were among the leading militants of Action Française."<ref>{{Citation |author1=Eugen Weber |title=L'Action Française | |
Alongside the ], she worked to mobilize sections of royalist women<ref name=":0" /> and played an active role in establishing the ]. She was named secretary of the ] (Royalist Ladies' Committee).<ref name=":0" /> Her dedication served as an inspiration for “her son ] and her two sons-in-law, Jean Rivain and Pierre Gilbert, who were among the leading militants of Action Française."<ref>{{Citation |author1=Eugen Weber |title=L'Action Française |pages=56 |place=Paris |publisher=Stock |date=1964 |isbn=2-01-016210-2}}</ref> | ||
| == Works == | == Works == | ||
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| * ''1896: Mademoiselle Edmonde'' | * ''1896: Mademoiselle Edmonde'' | ||
| * ''1897: Les Petits de Presle'' | * ''1897: Les Petits de Presle'' | ||
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| Louise de Courville | |
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| Born | Louise Anne Marie Rondel 25 August 1860 Avignon, France |
| Died | 23 February 1937 7th arrondissement of Paris, France |
Louise de Courville (née Rondel; 25 August 1860 in Avignon – 23 February 1937 in Paris) better known as Comtesse de Courville, was a French author of children's books and a militant of Action française.
Biography
Born into a bourgeois family, Louise Rondel was the daughter of an engineer with the Ponts et Chaussées. She was also the cousin of Auguste Rondel. In 1886, she married Count Maurice de Courville (1860–1944), a military engineer and director of the Schneider factories, responsible for manufacturing heavy artillery for the French army.
Passionate about literature, the Comtesse de Courville published several children's novels between 1896 and 1899. Concurrently, she hosted a salon at her apartment on the Rue du Cherche-Midi, where she became a close friend of Charles Maurras and Maurice Barrès. She was described as a “woman of social and networking prowess."
Alongside the Marquise de Mac Mahon, she worked to mobilize sections of royalist women and played an active role in establishing the Institut d'Action française. She was named secretary of the Dames royalistes (Royalist Ladies' Committee). Her dedication served as an inspiration for “her son Xavier and her two sons-in-law, Jean Rivain and Pierre Gilbert, who were among the leading militants of Action Française."
Works
- 1896: Mademoiselle Edmonde
- 1897: Les Petits de Presle
- 1897: La Vieille
- 1898: Amitiés d’enfants
- 1898: Marmiton
- 1899: En fuite
- 1900: Histoires bretonnes ; Le Petit Ami des pauvres ; La Veuve Corr
References
- Act of death (with birth date and place) in Paris, no. 319, view 3/31.
- Courville, retrieved 13 February 2022
- ^ Collectif (10 May 2019), L'Action française au féminin : Réseaux et figures de militantes au début du XXe siècle, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, ISBN 978-2-7574-2123-9, retrieved 13 February 2022
- Giraudoux, Jean (11 October 2005), Cahiers n°32, Grasset, ISBN 978-2-246-78814-0, retrieved 13 February 2022
- Eugen Weber (1964), L'Action Française, Paris: Stock, p. 56, ISBN 2-01-016210-2