Fleurette de Nérac

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Fleurette de Nérac († August 25, 1592 in Nérac ) was a mistress of the French King Henry IV.

Life

Fleurette was the daughter of the royal landscaper at Nérac Castle and passionately in love with Henry of Navarre. The affair lasted from 1571 to 1572. A legend reported that the later King Henry IV arranged a rendezvous with her one evening and Fleurette waited in vain for him all night. Full of hopelessness, she threw herself into the waters of the Baïse and drowned in the process. Her statue still stands in the Park de la Garenne today, and some like to see the origin of the French expression “conter fleurette” here, from which the English “ flirt ” is said to have originated.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Legend of Nérac , accessed February 10, 2011.
  2. ↑ Report of a weekend trip on the Baïse  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed February 10, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.locaboat.com  
personal data
SURNAME Nérac, Fleurette de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mistress of the French King Henry IV.
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1592
Place of death Nérac