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Diane de Poitiers (9 January 1500 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and courtier who wielded much power and influence as King Henry II's royal mistress and adviser until his death. Her position increased her wealth and family's status.
The wedding was officiated by Pope Clement VII, himself a Medici. [5] At this time, Henry's brother Francis was alive and there was little prospect of Henry coming to the throne. The following year, he became romantically involved with a thirty-five-year-old widow, Diane de Poitiers.
Catherine visits Diane de Poitiers and asks her to contribute to the palace and in return promises to rescind the law preventing her daughters from inheriting her estate. Catherine also asks Diane to look after her children while she procures funds for the palace in Italy. Rahima imparts to Catherine rumors that people survived the church fire.
Diane de Poitiers (aged 15) was married to Louis de Brézé (aged about 54) in 1515. Ursula Pole, Baroness Stafford (aged 15), daughter of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, was married to Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (aged 17) in February 1518/1519.
Francis was born 11 years after his parents' wedding. The long delay in producing an heir may have been due to his father's repudiation of his mother in favour of his mistress Diane de Poitiers, [1] but this repudiation was mitigated by Diane's insistence that Henry spend his nights with Catherine. [1]
The acclaimed actress stars as the enigmatic 16th-century noblewoman and courtier Diane de Poitiers in “The King’s Favorite,” which premiered at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous on Monday. The €7 ...
The Château de Chenonceau (French: [ʃɑto də ʃənɔ̃so]) is a French château spanning the river Cher, near the small village of Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire. [1] It is one of the best-known châteaux of the Loire Valley. [2] The estate of Chenonceau is first mentioned in writing in the 11th century. [3]
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