Editing Christine de Pizan (section)

=== Early life and family (1364–1389) ===
Christine de Pizan was born in 1364 in the [[Republic of Venice]], Italy. She was the daughter of Tommaso di Benvenuto da Pizzano. Her father became known as Thomas de Pizan, named for the family's origins in the village of Pizzano (currently part of the municipality of [[Monterenzio]]), southeast of [[Bologna]]. Her father worked as a physician, court astrologer and Councillor of the [[Republic of Venice]].{{sfn|Brown-Grant|1999}} Thomas de Pizan accepted an appointment to the court of [[Charles V of France]] as the king's [[astrologer]] and in 1368 Christine moved to Paris.{{sfn|Redfern|1995|p=77}} In 1379 Christine de Pizan married the notary and royal secretary Etienne du Castel.{{sfn|Schaus|2006|p=133}}

She had three children. Her daughter became a nun at the Dominican {{ill|convent of Poissy|fr|Prieuré Saint-Louis de Poissy}} in 1397 as a companion to the King's daughter [[Marie of Valois, Prioress of Poissy|Marie]].{{sfn|Willard|1984|p=35}} Christine's husband died of the [[Plague (disease)|plague]] in 1389, a year after her father had died.{{sfn|Schaus|2006|p=133}} On 4 June 1389, in a judgment concerning a lawsuit filed against her by the archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens|Sens]] and François Chanteprime, councillors of the King, Christine was called "damoiselle" and "widow of Estienne du Castel".{{sfn|Famiglietti|2015|p=261}}