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Madame Geneviève Pétau de Maulette, Lady Glenluce (c. 1563–1643) was a French noblewoman, tutor to Elizabeth of Bohemia, author and the second wife of John Gordon, D.D., Dean of Salisbury and Lord Glenluce and Longormes. ==Biography== Pétau was born in Brittany, France. Her parentage is not known for sure, but she was probably the daughter of François Pétau, seigneur de Maulette.〔But she may have been the daughter of Gideon Pétau, sieur de Maule and "first president" of the Parlement of Brittany .〕 Pétau was raised a Protestant, and in 1594 she married Dr. John Gordon, a prominent Scottish reverend who was Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the French king. Family tradition holds that Lady Glenluce served as the French instructor to the eldest daughter of King James I and Queen Anne of Denmark, Princess Elizabeth. lady Geneviève died on 6 December 1643 at Gourdonstoun, Moray, and was buried at the Michael Kirk in the old churchyard of Oggston in the parish of Drainie, Moray. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geneviève Petau de Maulette」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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