Marguerite wrote books that had poems and such in them. One of her more famous books is The Heptameron. She was born to the royal family of france, and she also ruled from 1526- 1533, but when her brother was on the throne, she was in the court.
The competition itself, the struggle to overcome one's opponent, was more important than winning.
De Coubertin expressed this ideal thus:
L'important dans la vie ce n'est point le triomphe, mais...