User:*Yseut229*/Anne de Graville

Early life
Anne was born around 1490 into the Malet de Graville family, one of the most wealthy and prestigious families in France. She was the youngest daughter of three surviving girls. Both of her brothers died early. Her father, the admiral Louis Malet de Graville who served three kings in his lifetime, and her mother Marie de Balsac raised her at the family estate, the Chateau of Marcoussis. There she received a classical education and learned to read and write in French, Italian, and Latin. She had access to her father's expansive library for her studies and would become an avid bibliophile herself.

Marriage
Around 1507, Pierre de Balsac d'Entragues, the son of Robert de Balsac and cousin to Anne on her mother's side, fell in love with and arranged to kidnap her (apparently with her consent) from the Chateau de Marcoussis. They married secretly, around 1508. Her father was so displeased that he launched a lawsuit against the groom, suing him for

Life at Court
Not long after she was married, Anne de Graville served at the court of Queen Claude of France, the first wife of Francis I, likely as her maid of honor. Queen Claude's court was notable for its austere and respectable modes of life which contrasted with the promiscuous ways of her husband. She created and dedicated several texts to the queen during her tenure there, from 1515-1524.After the death of the Queen Claude in 1524, Anne moved to her husband's estates to raise her family. During this time she became a confidant of Francis I's sister Marguerite de Navarre. Like the princess, Anne became interested in religion and even sheltered several reformation exiles.