Charlotte Saumaise de Chazan

Charlotte Saumaise de Chazan
Born1619
Paris
Died1693
Paris
NationalityFrench
Known forPoetry and politics

Charlotte Saumaise de Chazan (1619–1693), also spelled Saumaize de Chazan and better known as Madame de Brégy, was a lady-in-waiting to the Queen of France, Anne of Austria, and the niece of French classical scholar Claude Saumaise. A popular figure in King Louis XIII's court, she wrote and published numerous poems and letters, and is associated with les Précieuses of the 17th-century French literature.