Corisande
About Corisande
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.
Pronounced KOR-uh-sand.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
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Corisande on lists
Famous Corisandes
- 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"