Corisande

Greek
"chorus-singer"

Corisande Origin and Meaning

The name Corisande is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "chorus-singer".

Corisande is a very unusual, haunting choice, with the aura of medieval romance--it is found in early Spanish romantic tales, arriving in the English-speaking world in the nineteenth century.

'La belle Corisande' was the poetic name applied to Diane de Poitiers, the beautiful and powerful mistress of King Henry II—-Henri of Navarre-- of France.

Lady Corisande is the leading character in Benjamin Disraeli's 1870 novel Lothair, and, more recently, was heard in Annabel Davis-Goff's novel This Cold Country.

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Famous People Named Corisande

  • Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène de Gramont
    daughter of the 8th Duke of Gramont
  • Corisande "Corise" de Gramont
    daughter of the 11th Duke of Gramont and Marguerite de Rothschild
  • (Antoinette Corisande) Elisabeth de Gramont
    French writer and life partner of Natalie Clifford Barney; half,sister of Corise de Gramont
  • Corisande Olivia Bennet
    daughter of Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville
  • La Belle Corisande
    nickname of Diane d'Andouins, Countess of Guiche; mistress of King Henri III of Navarre
  • Corisande Albert
    daughter of documentary filmmaker Revel Guest

Corisande in Pop Culture

  • Corisande
    lover of Florestan in Lully's 1684 opera 'Amadis'
  • English: "CORE
    ih,zand"

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