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	Diane de Poitiers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Diane de Poitiers (September 3, 1499 - April 25, 1566) was a fixture at the courts of several French kings, and became notorious as the mistress of King Henri II.
		She was born the daughter of Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier in the château de Saint-Vallier, in the town of Saint-Vallier, Drôme, in the Rhône-Alpes region of France.
		Married to Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, a grandson of King Charles VII, who served the court of King François I, she gained the title of Duchesse de Valentinois.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diane_de_Poitiers (463 words)

	Diane de France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Diane de France (1538 – January 11, 1619) was the natural (illegitimate) daughter of Henry II, King of France, and Filippa Duci, a Piedmontese.
		Diane was born in Paris during 1538 and was formally legitimised in 1547.
		Diane was widowed for a second time in 1579, after helping her to make her husband a leader of the politiques, a moderate Roman Catholic group in France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diane_de_France (239 words)

	DIANE DE FRANCE - LoveToKnow Article on DIANE DE FRANCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Catherine de' Medici was greatly incensed at this affront, and took her revenge by having the constable disgraced on the death of Henry II.
		Bran tome is loud in praise of Diane.
		She was a perfect horsewoman and dancer, played several musical instruments, knew Spanish and Italian, and " estoit tres belle de visage et de taille." Legitimated in 1547, she was married in 1553 to Horace Farnese, second son of the duke of Parma, but her husband was killed soon afterwards at the siege of Hesdin.
	www.96.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DI/DIANE_DE_FRANCE.htm (320 words)

	Château de Chaumont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Château de Chaumont is a French castle.
		As certain legalities had to be met, Diane was forced to accept the Château de Chaumont as payment for her beloved Chenonceau.
		Diane de Poitiers lived at Chaumont for only a short time when the castle was sold.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chateau_Chaumont (323 words)

	DIANE DE POITIERS - LoveToKnow Article on DIANE DE POITIERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although he was ten years younger than Diane, she inspired the young prince with a profound passion, which lasted until his death.
		Diane retired to her chateau at Anet, where she died in 1566.
		She entrusted to Philibert de 1'Orme the building of her chateau at Anet, and it was for her that Jean Goujon executed his masterpiece, the statue of Diana, now in the Louvre.
	21.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DI/DIANE_DE_POITIERS.htm (416 words)

	Worldroots.com
		This connection was to continue as Diane, having lost her mother at the age of six, was sent to the household of Anne, Duchesse de Bourbon, daughter of King Louis XI and sister of King Charles VIII.
		Diane's father was imprisoned and condemned to death while Diane, caught between two loyalties, could do nothing, knowing her husband would plead with the king and so would the Queen.
		It was Diane de Poitiers who arranged the recall of Anne, Duc de Montmorency, who had been exiled by the machinations of the Duchesse d'Etampes, mistress of the previous monarch.
	worldroots.com /brigitte/royal/bio/dianedepoitiersbio.html (1324 words)

	Catherine de Medici - Section II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Jean de Poitiers, father of Diane, was son of Jeanne de Boulogne, aunt of the Duchess d'Urbino.
		Diane, whose sons-in-law were the Duc d'Aumale and the Duc de Bouillon (then a sovereign prince), kept her wealth, and died in 1566 aged sixty-six.
		The chateau de Chenonceaux, which we have just mentioned, was given to Diane, or rather not given, she was implored to accept it to make her forget one of the most horrible publications ever levelled against a woman, and which shows the violence of the warfare between herself and Madame d'Etampes.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/debalzac/CatherinedeMedici/chap3.html (6322 words)

	Diane de Poitiers
		Executive summary: Mistress of Henri II Diane de Poitiers, Duchess of Valentinois, and mistress of Henri II of France, was the daughter of Jean de Poitiers, seigneur de St. Vallier, who came of an old family of Dauphiné.
		The accession of Henri II in 1547 was also the accession of Diane: she was virtual queen, while Henri's lawful wife, Catherine de Medici, lived in comparative obscurity.
		She entrusted to Philibert de l'Orme the building of her château at Anet, and it was for her that Jean Goujon executed his masterpiece, the statue of Diana, now in the Louvre.
	www.nndb.com /people/500/000097209 (380 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Diane de Poitiers (1499-1566) was the sophisticated mistress of King Henri II of France, who virtually supplanted the Queen for a period of the French Renaissance.
		Diane was played by Lana Turner, with a young Roger Moore cast as Henri, and colorful faces in the roles of the French and Italian royalty who turn the plot.
		Diane features manly activities calling for robust, symphonic scoring in the style of Rozsa's adventure music, but it is essentially Diane's tale of the heart: a woman who resists true love for the good of her kingdom.
	www.tarantula-records.com /bilder/p2.htm (395 words)

	Social Diary 6/18/04 - A Fete Champetre at Chateau d’Anet
		Diane, who was eighteen years older than the king, was a beautiful woman who maintained her beauty well into her fifties.
		Diane, deprived of visiting the king on his deathbed (despite his calling out for her) was not allowed to attend his funeral and banished from Chenonceaux.
		Diane spent the rest of her days at the famous chateau with its private chapel said to be the greatest Renaissance chapel in France.
	www.newyorksocialdiary.com /socialdiary/2004/06_18_04/socialdiary06_18_04.php (1068 words)

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		During her long life, Marie de Gournay produced an impressive body of writings in subject areas spanning from poetic treatises to political pamphlets to a novel.
		Marguerite de Navarre was born into the Angoulême family and spent her youth first in Cognac and then in the Loire valley at the Blois and Amboise châteaux.
		Diane de Poitiers epitomizes the figure of female power in the circles of the aristocracy in sixteenth-century France.
	etrc.lib.umn.edu /frenbio.htm (2462 words)

	Catherine of Medicis
		I thought: the Sun of Diane is conjunct the TD10 of Catherine, but it is also in conjunction with the TD10 of every body else in the world that was born during that period of time --a whole generation, so this lessens or dissolves the meaning of this contact.
		TD10 seems to be separating Catherine de Medicis from one part of herself, so the part of her that seems to be incarnated in Diane de Poiters --basically, it seems, beauty and love-- is buried, left behind forever, "dead".
		Diane de Poiters is seen by everybody as the Sun, and Catherine as her no-Sun or "the other" Sun (Diane's TD10).
	www.expreso.co.cr /centaurs/posts/bio/medicis.html (2439 words)

	Poitiers
		Poitiers was often sacked by the Normans in the 9th cent.
		At Poitiers in 1356, Edward the Black Prince defeated and captured John II of France and his son, Philip the Bold of Burgundy.
		Diane de Poitiers - Diane de Poitiers, 1499–1566, duchess of Valentinois, mistress of King Henry II of France.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0839486.html (372 words)

	WVU in Vendée
		This is the place where the militant Catholic Catherine de Médicis tried to exile Diane de Poitiers upon the death of Henri II after his jousting accident in 1559.
		Legend has it that as the massacre continued, Catherine de Médicis, her son François II, and her daughter-in-law, the luckless Mary Stewart, would come and dine on the terrace of the castle among the stench of decomposing bodies.
		Henri was soon dead, and Diane soon without her castle, having been forced to cede it to the powerful regent Catherine de Médicis.
	www.as.wvu.edu /mlastinger/vendee/98/30-juin.htm (2188 words)

	Chenonceaux : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		Diane's critics accused her of using magic to preserve her celebrated beauty and to keep Henri's attentions from waning.
		Apparently Henri's love for Diane continued unabated, although she was in her 60s when he died in a jousting tournament in 1559.
		Diane de Poitiers, who, among other things, introduced the artichoke to France, is depicted in three tableaux.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/chenonceaux/0557010001.html (511 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The queen, Catherine de Medici was extrememly jealous of Diane de Poitiers.
		Catherine de Medici saw Diane de Poitiers as her archrival, but was powerless to do anything to her because Henri II was still in love with her.
		Since Diane de Poitiers was a noble, Catherine de Medici wasn't able to do anything further to Diane, and Diane lived out the rest of her days in a nearby castle.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/g/r/gre114/france3.html (333 words)

	Château de Chenonceau \| Loire Valley Sights & Activities \| Fodor's Online Travel Guide
		Set in the village of Chenonceaux (spelled with an x) on the River Cher, this was the fabled retreat for the dames des Chenonceau: Diane de Poitiers, Catherine de' Medici, and Mary, Queen of Scots.
		It was to Catherine, and her architect, Philibert de l'Orme, that historians owe the audacious plan to transform the bridge itself into the most unusual château in France.
		As you tour the salons, be sure to pay your respects to former owner Madame Dupin, tellingly captured in Nattier's charming portrait: thanks to the affection she inspired among her proletarian neighbors, the château and its treasures survived the Revolution intact (her grave is enshrined near the northern embankment).
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=loire_valley@90&cur_section=sig&property_id=360003 (574 words)

	Saints or sinners?
		There were no grey areas with Diane de Poitiers—her palette was like her character: contrasting and uncompromising, much like the era in which she lived—the 16th century’s Reformation and French Renaissance, a time of persecution and enlightenment.
		The Moon was adopted by Diane de Poitiers in honour of her alter ego, Diana goddess of the moon and the chase.
		Diane de Poitiers had been born into the old nobility of France and with it, a life of privilege.
	www.princessmichael.com /articles/21_3.html (1163 words)

	DIANE DE POITIERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The remarkable Diane de Poitiers was born at the very end of the 15th century.
		Catherine seemed unable to conceive and, as Diane realised that an annulment of the marriage and the arrival of a new queen might pose a greater threat to her own position, she resolved to help her.
		Diane de Poitiers is one of the royal mistresses discussed in
	www.heloise.co.uk /DianedePoitiers.htm (309 words)

	http://www.virtual-france.com:Chenonceau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Diane de Poitiers was also a lady who knew how to manage her estate.
		was not as attractive as Diane de Poitiers.
		But, she was a descendant of the Florentine de Medici family who were wealthy, cultured and intelligent.
	www.crude-rom.com /comix/comix2/chemonceau (805 words)

	Chenonceau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The King called upon Diane de Poitiers, decedent from the Comtes de Poitiers an ancient sovereign family; she was highly educated and cultured.
		In 1551, "Diane was made Duchess of Valentinois and became one of the most influential women in the Kingdom." In 1552, Diane’s efforts were rewarded by the visit of the King and his Court to Chenonceau.
		The room is dominated by Diane de Poitiers’ bed which is believed to have an ‘extraordinary’ effect on those who lay on it." There are also two "impressive Flemish tapestries of exceptional beauty." Her fireplace is decorated with royal symbols made of pure gold.
	www.palaces.org /castles/Europe/Western_Europe/France/france13.htm (7740 words)

	Tallyrand's Culinary Fare - History : Catherdine Medicis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Palace of the Tuileries was begun in 1564 for Catherine de Medicis by the architect Philibert DELORME; it was occupied only intermittently by French royalty until Louis XVI and his family were compelled to reside there during the French Revolution.
		Begun in 1515 by Thomas Bohier, financial minister of Normandy, the chateau was confiscated by King Francis I in 1535 and thereafter remained a royal residence.
		Henry II gave it to his mistress Diane de Poitiers, who enlarged it (1556-59) by extending a bridge and gallery over the Cher from designs by Philibert de l'Orme.
	www.geocities.com /NapaValley/6454/medicis.html (1685 words)

	Loire Valley, France - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		The efforts of Diane of Poitiers were rewarded by the journey to Chenonceau of the King and his Court.
		Catherine de Medici, who was both ambitious and authoritarian, took over the management of the estate and devoted all her energies to erase the presence of Diane there.
		In May, during the feast given by Catherine in honour of her son, the new king, Henri III, the grand gallery of the castle with its arches that spanned the Cher was inaugurated.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /france_loire_valley.htm (2425 words)

	AllRefer.com - Diane de Poitiers (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Diane de Poitiers[dyAn du pwAtyA´] Pronunciation Key, 1499–1566, duchess of Valentinois, mistress of King Henry II of France.
		She maintained friendly relations with the queen, Catherine de' Medici, while completely eclipsing her.
		In the rivalry for Henry's favor between Anne, duc de Montmorency, and the Guise family, she took sides against whichever party was more powerful at the moment.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/DianedeP.html (205 words)

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		Diane de Poitiers was duchess of Valentinois, and mistress of Henry II of France.
		When Henry acsended to the throne in 1547, it was also the accession of Diane who became virtual queen, so much that she even had the crown jewels.
		Diane did not involve herself in politics though.
	www.tempestdesigns.com /courtesan/beauty2.htm (561 words)

	Catherine d'Medici
		Catherine de' Medici was born to the Medici family of Florence in 1519.
		Her father's distant relative Cardinal Guilio de' Medici came to Florence to take control of the Florentine government and to care for the young Catherine.
		Although she loved him deeply, Henry was more in love with his mistress, Diane de Poitiers, with whom he spent much of his time.
	departments.kings.edu /womens_history/cathymedici.html (1769 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2004045364 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At its heart is one of the world's great love stories: the life-long devotion of King Henri II of France to Diane de Poitiers, a beautiful aristocrat who was nineteen years older than her lover.
		It was Diane who lovingly embraced six-year-old Henri when he was sent as a hostage to a Spanish prison in exchange for his father.
		At age fourteen, Henri was married to fourteen-year-old Catherine de' Medici, an unattractive but extremely wealthy heiress who was to bring half of Italy to France as her dowry.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/simon051/2004045364.html (498 words)

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		For nearly 20 years Arbus operated a successful fashion photography studio with her husband.
		Noted for her beauty, Diane, who was much older than Henry, retained her influence over him until his death (1559).
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	ALL ABOUT ROMANCE reviews Courtesan by Diane Haeger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the France of olde, Diane de Poitiers returns to the court of Francois I after an informal exile of five years.
		Diane knows it is wrong to have an intimate relationship with someone nearly half her age, but she feels the pull of her soul to his.
		Although Diane is still shunned at court, she chooses to remain at his side.
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