person
Odette de Champdivers
also: parva regina, la petite reine, little queen
Odette de Champdivers, the companion who attended Charles VI through his madness, traditionally identified with the 'little queen' (parva regina) whose death the text marks as the start of his worse decline.
Reading notes
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §411 parva regina
Latin, 'little queen': Odette de Champdivers, the companion who lay beside Charles VI in his madness; the text marks his decline as worse since her death.