FLORIDOR [JOSIAS DE SOULAS, Sieur de Prinefosse] (d. c. 1671), French actor, was born in Brie early in the 17th century, the son of a gentleman of German family who had moved to France. The son entered the French army, but left it for the theatre, where he took the name of Floridor. His first Paris appearance was in 164o. Three years later he joined the company at the Hotel de Bourgogne, where he played all the leading parts in tragedy and comedy and became the head of his profession. He was a man of superb physique and excellent carriage, with a flexible and sonorous voice, and manners of rare distinction and elegance. Louis XIV. held him in particular esteem.