Honorat de Porchères Laugier (8 June 1572 – 26 October 1653Date given on the Académie française site. Léon de Berluc-Pérussis gives October 1655. His contemporaries state that he was born much earlier and have him dying as a centenarian or quasi-centenarian.) was a French poet. He was born in

Forcalquier Forcalquier (; oc, Forcauquier, ) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Forcalquier is located between the Lure and Luberon mountain ranges, about south of Sisteron and west of the Durance river. D ...

. He is most notable for his sonnet on the beautiful eyes of

Gabrielle d'Estrées Gabrielle d'Estrées, Duchess of Beaufort and Verneuil, Marchioness of Monceaux (; 157310 April 1599) was a mistress, confidante and adviser of Henry IV of France. She persuaded Henry to renounce Protestantism in favour of Catholicism in 1593. La ...

and for being a founder member of the Académie française. He is sometimes called Honoré de Porchères Laugier.

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1572 births 1653 deaths People from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence French poets 16th-century French writers 16th-century male writers 17th-century French writers 17th-century French male writers Members of the Académie Française French male poets {{KingdomofFrance-stub