Louis Bellaud also known as Bellaud de la Bellaudière (1543–1588) was an

Occitan language Occitan (; ), also known by its native speakers as (; ), sometimes also referred to as Provençal, is a Romance language spoken in Southern France, Monaco, Italy's Occitan Valleys, as well as Spain's Val d'Aran in Catalonia; collectively, ...

writer and poet from

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Biography

Bellaud was born in

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, the son of a nobleman who then settled in

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, where he received his education. During his youth he was a friend of Charles and Michel de Nostredame, sons of

Nostradamus Michel de Nostredame (December 1503 – July 1566), usually Latinisation of names, Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French Astrology, astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed Oracle, seer, who is best known for his book ''Les Prophéti ...

. During the War of Religion he served in the Royal army. When he was dismissed, after a brief period of peace, he tried to travel by sea departing from

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. Nevertheless, he had to serve again; after which he tried to return to Provence in 1578. He was then arrested in Moulin and remained imprisoned for 20 month and here he wrote nostalgic poems of his youth in his native language. This work was the only one he published during his lifetime with the title ''Don don infernal'' ("don don" being the noise of the bell he used to hear in his cell); After being released, he finally returned to Aix where his conduct led him back to prison a couple of time until he entered the Court of Henri d'Angoulême Great Prairer of Order of Malta until the violent death of his master in 1586. Bellaud went then to

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in order to join Pèire Pau, his uncle-in-law and an influential man, close to Charles de Casaulx (first consul during the episode of Marseille republic). He finally died in Grasse in 1588. Pèire Pau published part of his work. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bellaud, Louis People from Grasse Occitan-language poets 16th-century French writers 1588 deaths 1543 births French male poets