of Brittany; Claude became the wife of the future Francis I in 1514, the year before he ascended the throne. Anne was likely as her dame d'honneur. Queen Claude's court was notable for its austere and respectable modes of life which contrasted with the promiscuous ways of her husband. She created and dedicated several texts to the queen during her tenure there, from 1515-1524. After the death of the Queen Claude in 1524, Anne moved to her husband's estates to raise her family. During this time she became a confidant of Francis I's sister, princess and poet Marguerite de Navarre. Like the princess, Anne became interested in religious reform and even sheltered several Reformation exiles. Mottos Musas natura, lacrymas fortuna (From Nature, Muses, but from Fortune tears), formulated from the circumstances of her life in which she was blessed by Nature with the literary inspiration of the Muses, but cursed by Fortune and her father to hardship and tears. J'en garde un leal (I keep a loyal one), an anagram of her name, that probably refers to her beloved husband. Literary works La belle dame sans mercy This work, produced probably before 1525, is the major reason for Anne de Graville's inclusion in the history of French literature. The collection of seventy-one rondeaux were revised from the poem originally written by Alain Chartier in 1425, updating the narrative and neutral octosyllabic form of Alain’s poem to a lyrical and courtly form of rondeaux. The text of the poems are preserved in a single manuscript housed at the French National Library (Bibliothèque nationale de France) in Paris with the shelf mark of français 2253. The dialogue between Lover and Lady reflects a softening of the attitude of the Lady toward her pleading courtier, rendering it more acceptable to a Renaissance audience. A modern edition was published by Carl Wahlund in 1897. Le beau roman des deux amans Palamon & Arcita et de la belle et sage Emilia "translaté de vieil langaige et prose en nouveau et rime par madamoiselle Anne de Graville la Mallet, dame du Boys Maslesherbes, du commandement de la Royne" (1521). This "translated" tale was adapted from the Teseida délie Nozze d'Emilia of Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio. This Italian work also inspired Chaucer's "Knight's Tale". Anne's story tells of the amorous rivalry between Palamon and Arcite, former best friends, who both wish to earn the hand of Emily.