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Laura de Noves (c. 1310–1348) was the wife of Count Hugues de Sade (ancestor of the Marquis de Sade). It has been speculated that she may be the Laura of Petrarch 's poetry, but this remains unproven.
- c. 1310
- 1348
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).
Who was Laura? Laura, the woman who inspired Petrarch's poetry, remains a mystery. Scholars have debated her true identity, with some suggesting she was Laura de Noves, a married woman whom Petrarch first saw in a church in Avignon, France.
Born in 1308; died of the plague in Avignon, France, on April 6, 1348; daughter of Audibert de Noves of Avignon; married Hugues de Sale of Avignon; children: eleven. Laura, a French woman beloved by Petrarch and celebrated in his poems, was in reality Laure de Noves who was later Madame de Sale.
14th Century. People. Laura de Noves, Petrarch's Muse →. Laura de Noves was the wife of Count Hugues de Sade (ancestor of the Marquis de Sade). She could be the Laura that the Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarch wrote about extensively; however she has never been positively identified as such.
From the rare, nonetheless veritable indications left to us by Petrarch, and above all by a study of geneaological tables, notarial acts and official registers, we discover that the LAURA born in 1310, in Avignon, daughter of the Knight AUDIBERT de NOVES, wife of HUGUES II de SADE (son of Paul), as confirmed by the marriage contract drawn up by ...
Biography. 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). She married at the age of 15 (January 16th, 1325) and Petrarch saw her for the first time two years later on April 6th (Good Friday) in 1327 at ...
