page_title: Pierre Corneille
hierarchical_section_title: Pierre Corneille
caption_attribution_description: English: The Ancient Coat of Arms of the Cornielje family, dating back to 1637Français&#160;: Blason de Corneille/Cornielje de 1637&#160;: D'azur à la fasce d'or, chargée de trois têtes de lion de gueules, accompagnée de trois étoiles d'argent, posées deux en chef et une en pointe.Nederlands: Familiewapen van de familie Corneille/Cornielje - originele wapen uit 1637Deutsch: Altes Wappen der Familie Corneille/Cornielje aus 1637
context_page_description: Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine.
  As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage of Cardinal Richelieu, who was trying to promote classical tragedy along formal lines, but later quarrelled with him, especially over his best-known play, Le Cid, about a medieval Spanish warrior, which was denounced by the newly formed Académie française for breaching the unities. He continued to write well-received tragedies for nearly forty years.
context_section_description: Pierre Corneille ([pjɛʁ kɔʁnɛj]; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine.
  As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage of Cardinal Richelieu, who was trying to promote classical tragedy along formal lines, but later quarrelled with him, especially over his best-known play, Le Cid, about a medieval Spanish warrior, which was denounced by the newly formed Académie française for breaching the unities. He continued to write well-received tragedies for nearly forty years.
caption: Coat of arms of the Corneille family, dating back to 1637
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