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Gabrielle d'Estrées

Château de la Bourdaisière, 1573 – Paris, 10 Apr 1599

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Facts and their sources

  • Born1573, Château de la Bourdaisièrenot verified1 source
  • Died10 Apr 1599, Parisnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 1573

    Born in Château de la Bourdaisière

  2. 1594–1598

    3 children are born

  3. 10 Apr 1599

    Dies in Paris

Family

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Children · 3

During her lifetime

She lived through 3 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Château de la Bourdaisière.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1570s · Gabrielle is born in Château de la Bourdaisière

In the news1562–1592

Recurring subsistence crises

During the wars, periodic subsistence crises occurred in 1562–1563, 1565–1566, 1573–1574, 1586–1587, and 1590–1592, causing high prices and food shortages.

Getting around

Travel speeds and horse relays

Early public carriages were slow, covering only about 48 kilometers in a day. Wealthy travelers or officials could pay to use the royal horse relay system to travel at a much faster gallop.

In the news1572

St. Bartholomew's Day massacre

The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, a violent event in Paris in 1572, resulted in significant deaths and intensified the religious conflicts.

Daily life

Tall and narrow city housing

Ordinary Paris houses were tall, narrow structures of four or five stories, built with stone foundations, exposed wooden frames, and white plaster facades to prevent fires.

What people wore

Standard peasant wear in Saumur region

A 16th-century peasant from the Saumur region wore a felt hat with a turned-down brim, a sayon tunic to the mid-thigh, a blue jerkin, and a country-style coat called a balandras.

Music

One-man band instruments for dancing

For informal settings, many people used the pipe and tabor, as a single musician could play both instruments simultaneously to accompany dancing.

At the table

Meat was rare for the poor

Meat was rare in the diets of the poor, who consumed very little due to high costs and limited preservation methods caused by salt shortages.