François le Métel de Boisrobert (1592 - March 30, 1662), was a French poet. Events January 30 - The death of Pope Innocent IX during the previous year had left the Papal throne vacant. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... Events March 18 – Short-timed experiment of the first public buses holding 8 passengers begins in Paris May 3/May 2 - Catherine of Braganza marries Charles II of England – as part of the dowry, Portugal cedes Bombay and Tangier to England May 9 - Samuel Pepys witnessed a Punch and Judy... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ...

He was born at Caen, and trained as a lawyer, practising for some time at the bar at Rouen. About 1622 he went to Paris, and by the next year had established a footing at court, for he had a share in the ballet of the Bacchanales performed at the Louvre in February. He accompanied an embassy to England in 1625, and in 1630 visited Rome, where he won the favour of Pope Urban VIII. He took orders, and was made a canon of Rouen. Location within France Caen is a city and a commune of northwestern France. ... Location within France Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northern France, and presently the capital of the Upper Normandy région. ... Events January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... A performance of The Nutcracker ballet Ballet is the name given to a specific dance form and technique. ... The main courtyard of the Louvre. ... Events March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ... Urban VIII, né Maffeo Barberini (April 1568 - July 29, 1644) was pope from 1623-1644. ... Canon can mean: A rule adopted by an ecumenical council of the Catholic or Eastern Orthodox churches. ...

He had been introduced to Cardinal Richelieu in 1623, and by his humour and his talent as a raconteur soon made himself indispensable. Boisrobert became one of the five poets who carried out Richelieu's dramatic ideas. He had a passion for theatre, and was a friend of Ninon de l'Enclos; and his enemies found ready weapons against him in his inappropriate lifestyle. He was more than once disgraced, but never for long, although in his later years he was compelled to give more attention to his duties as a priest. Cardinal Richelieu was the French chief minister from 1624 until his death. ... Events August 6 - Pope Urban VIII is elected to the Papacy. ... Anne Ninon de lEnclos also spelled Ninon de Lenclos and Ninon de Lanclos (November 10? sometime between 1615 and 1623 - October 17, 1705) was a French author, and patron of the arts. ...

It was Boisrobert who suggested to Richelieu the plan of the Académie française, and he was one of its earliest and most active members. Rich as he was through the benefices conferred on him by his patron, he was liberal to men of letters. After the death of Richelieu, he attached himself to Mazarin, whom he served faithfully throughout the Fronde. The Académie française, or French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. ... Cardinal Jules Mazarin, French diplomat and statesman Jules Mazarin, born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino; but best known as Cardinal Mazarin (July 14, 1602 – March 9, 1661) served as the chief minister of France from 1642, until his death. ... For the French feminist newspaper, see La Fronde The Fronde (1648–1653) was a civil war in France, followed by the Franco-Spanish War with Spain (1653–1659). ...

He wrote a number of comedies, to one of which, La Belle Plaideuse, Molière's L'Avare is said to owe something; and also some volumes of verse. The licentious Contes, published under the name of his brother D'Ouville, are often attributed to him. Molière, engraved frontispiece to his Works Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Molière (January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673), was a French theatre writer, director and actor, one of the masters of comic satire. ...

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