  thÃ©odore-agrippa d'aubignÃ© (february 8, 1552 &ndash; april 29, 1630) was a french poet, soldier, propagandist and chronicler. his epic poem les tragiques (1616) is widely regarded as his masterpiece.a colloquy featuring aubignÃ© and the poets of his generation, une volÃ©e de poÃ¨tes : dâaubignÃ© et la gÃ©nÃ©ration poÃ©tique des annÃ©es 1570-1610 organised by association des amis dâagrippa dâaubignÃ© is scheduled for october 2008 at laboratoire forell (universitÃ© de poitiers) (colloquy website). ==life== born at the aubignÃ© chÃ¢teau of saint-maury near pons in the present day charente-maritime, the son of jean d'aubignÃ©, who was implicated in the huguenot amboise conspiracy to kidnap the king (1560). aubignÃ© studied in paris, orlÃ©ans, geneva and lyon before joining the huguenot cause of henry of navarre (henry iv) as both soldier and counsellor. henry's accession to the throne of france entailed an, at least nominal, conversion to the roman catholic church and aubignÃ© left his service to tend to his own poitou estates, even though his huguenot confederates welcomed henry's religious tolerance. when marie de' medici became regent following henry's assassination in 1610, she embraced the counter-reformation and aubignÃ©'s isolation made him an easy target. he was proscribed in 1620 and fled to geneva where he lived for the rest of his life. his daughter louise arthemise d'aubignÃ©, madame de villette, was born in 1584 at mursay to suzanne de lusignan de lezay; at an early age on the 22 of october 1610 she married benjamin valois de vilette in maillezais. his son constant d'aubignÃ© led a scandalous life of adventure. constant was twice married. his first wife, anne marchant, left a son theodore. his second wife, jeanne de cardilhac, was the mother of mme. de maintenon (who, by many interesting turn of life events, married the king of france, louis xiv) and chevalier d'aubignÃ©. the d'aubignÃ© line was continued through ann marchant's son, theodore (1613â1670). 
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