Aubigné, Théodore Agrippa d' (1552–1630)

French soldier and scholar. A Huguenot, he fought for the cause with the pen and the sword. Early in his career he was a companion of Henry of Navarre, the future Henry IV, but left his court when Henry converted in 1593. Aubigne's writings comprise mainly histories of France justifying the Huguenot position: the Histoire universelle (1560–1601 and 1616–19) and the verse Les Tragiques (begun in 1577, published in 1616). He could also, however, write love poetry (Printemps, 1571–73) and satire (for example, his Confession catholique du Sieur de Sancy, 1598–1600, attacking Protestants who abjure).