Diane de Poitiers was a French noble lady who was introduced to the court of Francis I of France in 1525. An extremely ambitious woman, she was able to take advantage of her position at court, becoming the mistress of King Henry II of France. Today, we will follow her story.


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Music – YT Audio Library.

Sources / Further reading
Kings’ Favourites by Francis Bickley, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 36 Essex Street W.C. London, 1910
Fair Women At Fontainebleau by Frank Hamel, Eveleigh Nash Fawside House, London, 1909
Enchanters of Men by Ethel Colburn Mayne, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 36 Essex Street W.C. London, 1909
Chapter III - Histoire de France 1547 – 1572 (volume 11/19), by Jules Michelet, Paris, 1876