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  1. Diane de France, suo jure Duchess of Angoulême (25 July 1538 – 11 January 1619) was the natural (illegitimate) daughter of Henry II of France and his Italian lover Filippa Duci. She played an important political role during the French Wars of Religion and built the Hôtel d'Angoulême in Paris.

  2. Diane De France (born 1538, Paris, France—died Jan. 11, 1619, Paris) was the natural daughter (legitimated) of King Henry II of France by a young Piedmontese, Filippa Duc. (Diane was often thought, however, to have been the illegitimate daughter of Diane de Poitiers.)

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  3. Diane de France, duchesse d'Angoulême, née à Paris le 25 juillet 1538, morte à Paris le 11 janvier 1619, est une princesse française contemporaine des guerres de Religion.

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  5. Diane de France (dyän də fräNs), 1538–1619, duchess of Angoulême; illegitimate daughter of King Henry II of France. She was legitimized in 1547. She was married to François, eldest son of Constable Anne de Montmorency.

  6. Apr 18, 2024 · Diane De Poitiers (born Sept. 3, 1499—died April 22, 1566, Anet, France) was the mistress of Henry II of France. Throughout his reign she held court as queen of France in all but name, while the real queen, Catherine de Médicis , was forced to live in comparative obscurity.

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  7. Diane de Poitiers (9 January 1500 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and prominent courtier. She 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. She was a major patron of French Renaissance architecture .

  8. Diane de Poitiers (1499–1566) French duchess who was married at 15 to a man old enough to be her grandfather, then became, at 37, the mistress of a king who, though young enough to be her son, made her the most powerful woman in France.

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