Antoinette d'Aubeterre

Antoinette d'Aubeterre (1532–1580) was a French noble woman, who received a good classical education, learning mathematics from François Viète.

They were written in invisible ink of citrus juice and in Greek and Latin to her mother Antoinette d'Aubeterre and her former tutor.

[14] Antoinette contacted the Duke of Anjou (future King Henri III (1574–1589)) and his mother Catherine de Medici for guidance.

[16] Antoinette then wrote to King Charles IX and the case went before the Grand Council on 11 September 1571,[17] after which it was referred to boards of doctors and judges.

Among his correspondents were eighteen noblewomen, their communication with Calvin provides insight into the women's role in the advancement of Protestantism in the 16th century, which led to a political and military actions.

[21] Many of the noblewomen interested in reform, generally well-educated, developed rich spiritual lives where they read Scripture and debated about theology.

[22] The popularity of Calvinism with a number of women of related French aristocratic families is important to the history of the Reform movement in France.

These women frequently took the lead in "the cause", and acted as intermediaries and negotiators between leaders of the rival Catholic and Protestant factions at court.

The royal court intended to have Antoinette and her daughter Catherine stabbed to overcome Jean's resistance against the Catholics.

[27] Antoinette d'Aubeterre hired François Viète, a jurist, as a legal adviser,[1] who addressed suspicions of complicity by Jean V de Parthenay.

Viète also produced a summarization of Jean de Parthenay's behavior the previous year, during his administration of the city of Lyon.