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J. A. MacCulloch believes Dames Blanches are one of the recharacterizations of pre-Christian female goddesses, and suggested their name Dame may have derived from the ancient guardian goddesses known as the Matres, by looking at old inscriptions to guardian goddesses, specifically inscriptions to "the Dominæ, who watched over the home, perhaps became the Dames of mediæval folk-lore."
Blanche Monnier (French pronunciation: [blɑ̃ʃ mɔnje]; 1 March 1849 – 13 October 1913), often known in France as la Séquestrée de Poitiers [a] (roughly, "The Confined Woman of Poitiers"), [1] was a woman from Poitiers, France, who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother and brother for 25 years.
Young Woman Lying on a White Fur (French - Jeune Femme à la pelisse blanche) is a 1944 oil on canvas painting by Henri Matisse. [1]It was given in lieu of tax to the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris in 2001 [2] and placed at the Museum of Grenoble, which already had an important collection of Matisse's 1920s works collected by its curator Andry-Farcy.
It means "white" in French, derived from the Late Latin word "blancus". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It possibly originated as a nickname or descriptive name for a girl with blonde hair or extremely fair skin . It has been in use since the medieval era, influenced by Blanche of Navarre and her descendants who married into European royal houses.
Diane de Poitiers (9 January 1500 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and courtier who wielded much power and influence as King Henry II's royal mistress and adviser until his death. Her position increased her wealth and family's status. She was a major patron of French Renaissance architecture.
She was the ward of her maternal uncle (avunculus) Canon Fulbert of Notre Dame and the daughter of a woman named Hersinde, who is sometimes speculated to have been Hersint of Champagne (Lady of Montsoreau and founder of the Fontevraud Abbey) or possibly a lesser known nun called Hersinde at the convent of St. Eloi (from which the name "Heloise ...
Grimm notes the image of the Weiße Frauen basking in the sun and bathing "melts into the notion of a water-holde [i.e. Holda] and nixe". [1] The Weiße Frauen also have counterparts in both name and characterization in neighboring countries: In the Netherlands they are known as the Witte Wieven, and in France as the Dames Blanches.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:18th-century French people. It includes French people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:18th-century French men