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Valentines are in the air. Heart shaped balloons. Candy Hearts. Soft roses and lace handkerchiefs. Cookies that melt on your tongue and cute little cherubs float above with arrows at the ready to strike. In this newsletter, I'd like to take a look at some historical Valentine inspiration. |
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Charles, the Romantic Duke
One of the earliest Valentine's ever wrote for which we still have a record of was by the Duke of Orléans, Charles Valois.
Charles was born in Paris in November 1394 and became the Duke when his father, Louis, was murdered on the orders of John, Duke of Burgundy, a rival nobleman.
Charles is best remembered as a poet, writing over 500 poems. Most of these were written when he was a prisoner of war.
Charles was 14 when his father passed and he became the Duke. He was young and impressionable, and fell under his father-in-law's influence, the Count of Armagnac.
Charles's first wife was Isabella of Valois (a daughter of French King Charles VI) He loved her dearly, but she died in childbirth. In 1410, he married Bonnie d'Armagnac, Count d'Armagnac's daughter.
In 1415, Charles was taken a prisoner of war in the Battle of Agincourt. He was 21. Henry V of England took him to the Tower of London were Charles composed most of his poetry. Charles was in captivity for over 24 years (he was in the line for the French throne and England didn't want to give him up.) With nothing better to do, Charles wrote.
Most of his poetry was for his wife, Bonnie, but she died before he was released. He was let out in 1440 at the age of 46 and married a third time. His son from his third marriage, became Louis XII. His poems are mostly French Rondeaus, a two line rhythm and are usually about love and the spring time.
Charles's Valentine in the original French:
Je suis desja d'amour tanné,
Ma tres doulce Valentinée
Rondeau VI, lines 1-2.
Here's another of Charles' poem in English:
(To his Mistress, to succor his heart that is beleaguered by jealousy)
Strengthen, my Love, this castle of my heart,
And with some store of pleasure give me aid,
For Jealousy, with all them of his part,
Strong siege about the weary tower has laid.
Nay, if to break his bands thou art afraid,
Too weak to make his cruel force depart,
Strengthen at least this castle of my heart,
And with some store of pleasure give me aid.
Nay, let not Jealousy, for all his art
Be master, and the tower in ruin laid,
That still, ah Love! Thy gracious rule obeyed.
Advance, and give me succor of they part;
Strengthen, my Love, this castle of my heart.
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Feedback from my 9 JAN 2013 Romance/Love NL:
NaNoNette 
Great newsletter. I think I learned a lot about one of my favorite characters. I always thought of him as an Alpha Male, but people told me he is mostly a jerk. I guess I have to give him some good motives and introspection to help others see him the way I want him to be seen.
Yes, you must! I love to use "The Romance Writer's Phrase Book" by Jean Kent and Candace Shelton and "The Emotion Thesaurus" by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi. These are great resources to get you started when it comes introspection. "On Writing Romance" by Leigh Michaels is a another great resource that gives you a comprehensive look at the Romance genre.
☮ The Grum Of Grums 
Thanks, StephB, for your listing of heroic types. But there must be more. The silent withdrawn guy sitting in the corner, carrying a tragic and devastating secret that only the heroine can help him exorcise. The sensitive artistic type whose world crumbles around him, eg the pianist who damages his hands. The "wimpy nerd" rejected at school, who turns out to be a genius who saves the heroine's family from ruin. And I'm sure there are more. Thanks for an intriguing look at male types, but ...
}It's all in the writing. While the 'types' you describe wouldn't fit a Beta male, they sound like they could definately fit in as Alpha males or Omega Males.
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