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Sep 17, 2018 · One such member of the French court, Diane de Poitiers, drank a daily tonic of gold chloride mixed with diethyl ether. It likely killed her. While de Poitiers never wore the crown, she...
- Paula Mejia
Oct 11, 2011 · All this undoubtedly helped, but Diane had another, more dangerous beauty secret: she drank gold. Drinking gold was quite common among wealthy women during the Renaissance. Considered an elixir of life, it was prescribed for a wide variety of illnesses.
Dec 18, 2009 · Experts examining the exhumed remains of Diane de Poitiers, found deadly levels of gold in her hair. The popular drink was believed to preserve youth.
Sep 21, 2018 · Drinking Gold Did Not Help the 16th-Century French Elite Fight Aging. The chronology of liquid gold features a variety of elixirs gone wrong. Diane de Poitiers, the favorite of King Henry II, is believed to have died following from massive gold poisoning.
- Jake Greenberg
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 .
When Henri became king but was killed in a joust, the queen banished de Poitiers, who then lived out her life at her château until her death in 1566. Scientists recently had the opportunity to test her hair and found it had five hundred times the normal levels of gold.
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Dec 22, 2009 · The mistress of France's 16th century King Henry II was poisoned by a gold elixir she drank to keep herself looking young, scientists have discovered. Diane de Poitiers was renowned for her...
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