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Ronsard — The prince of poets, head of the Pléiade, 1524–1585
Page to the children of France, left half-deaf by a journey to Alsace and turned from arms, he learned Greek under Dorat, met du Bellay at an inn near Poitiers and founded the Pléiade with him. He was the poet of kings, of loves and of discourses on the miseries of the time. (Editorial synthesis)
Ronsard was born on 11 September 1524 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Ronsard was born in Couture-sur-Loir. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Ronsard died on 27 December 1585. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Ronsard died in La Riche. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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