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Laura, a French woman beloved by Petrarch and celebrated in his poems, was in reality Laure de Noves who was later Madame de Sale. When Petrarch first beheld her on April 6, 1327, she was in the church of Avignon.
Apr 6, 2015 · Laura de Noves of Avignon, if she is Petrarch's Laura, was born in 1310, was married in 1325, gave birth to eleven children, and died when she was just thirty-eight years old. The only Laura we have is Petrarch's Laura.
One such lamentation discusses the death of Laura de Noves, whom Petrarch had met at Avignon in his youth. Laura died in Avignon, a victim of the plague that was raging there, and Petrarch learned of her death in a letter he received from a friend in May of 1348.
Apr 29, 2022 · Death: April 06, 1348 (39-40) Avignon, Vaucluse, France. Immediate Family: Daughter of Audibert de Noves and Ermessende. Wife of Hugues II de Sade. Mother of Garcense de Sade and Hugues de Sade. Managed by: Private User.
- Avignon
- 1308
- Hugues II de Sade
- Avignon, Vaucluse, France
The beautiful, fragile and chaste LAURA lived, and died, her death inspiring in the heart of the poet PETRARCH the "canzones", a permament wound from which flowed like indelible ink the endless source of his talent.
However, there is a lot of evidence to show that Laura really did exist and that she was Laure de Noves. Born 6 years after Petrarch in 1310 in Avignon she was the daughter of Audibert de Noves (a Knight) and wife to Hugues II de Sade (and possibly the ancestor of the infamous Marquis de Sade).
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Laura, the beloved of the Italian poet Petrarch and the subject of his love lyrics, written over a period of about 20 years, most of which were included in his Canzoniere, or Rime. Laura has traditionally been identified as Laura de Noves of Avignon (now in France), a married woman and a mother;
