A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Altouviti, (Marseilles d')

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ALTOUVITI, (MARSEILLES D') a Provençal Poetess. Died 1606.

The family of this lady was originally of Florence; but she was born at Marseilles, and christened by that name. She rendered herself famous by her learning and poetical abilities, so that she is considered one of the ornaments of the sixteenth century.

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