Jean Marot
French poet
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| Intro | French poet | ||
| Places | France | ||
| was | Poet Writer | ||
| Work field | Literature | ||
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| Birth | 1 January 1450, Mathieu, canton of Douvres-la-Délivrande, arrondissement of Caen, Calvados | ||
| Death | 1 January 1526Paris, Île-de-France, France (aged 76 years) | ||
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Jean Marot (1463 – c. 1526) was a French poet and the father of French Renaissance poet Clément Marot. He is often grouped with the "Grands Rhétoriqueurs".
He was born Jehan Desmaretz at Mathieu, near Caen in 1463.
In 1506 he became secretary to Anne of Brittany and later became the official poet of the kings Louis XII and Francis I of France. He died in Paris.