Madame d'Or
Madame d'Or | |
|---|---|
| Died | after 1429 |
| Occupation | Court jester |
| Known for | "very graceful fool" |
Madame d'Or (d. after 1429), was a French jester. The chronicler St Remy described her as a "moult gracieuse folle" (in English, something like "very graceful fool").[1]
In 1429 Madame d'Or performed at the inauguration of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Bruges, Belgium.[2] Simeon Luce described her as "a dwarf no higher than a boot" and "gymnast of incomparable beauty, nimbleness, and athletic vigor" as related in Andrew Lang's biography of Joan of Arc.[3]
The Mitolo winery in the Australian wine region of McLaren Vale named a bottle of wine for Madame d'Or in 2013.[4]
References
- ^ Dr. Doran (John) (1858). The History of Court Fools. R. Bentley. p. 63.
- ^ The Anglo American. 1844. p. 610.
- ^ Andrew Lang (2012). The Maid Of France (Annotated Edition). Jazzybee Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8496-0943-6.
- ^ Kerry Skinner (20 October 2013). "BLOG: Jester brilliant labelling". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 24 January 2018.