DIANE DE See also:

• POITIERS

POITIERS (1499-1566)  , duchess of See also:

• VALENTINOIS

Valentinois, and See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry II. of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, was the daughter of See also:

• JEAN

Jean de See also:

• POITIERS

Poitiers, seigneur de St Vallier, who came of an old See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• DAUPHINE

Dauphine . In 1515 she married See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis de See also:

• BREZE

Breze, See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• SENESCHAL (the O. Fr. form, mod. senechal, of the Low Lat. senescalcus, a word of Teutonic origin, meaning " old or senior servant," Goth. sini- old; cf. Lat. senex and stalks, servant; Du Cange's derivation from seneste, flock, herd, must be rejected)

seneschal of See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy; by whom she had two daughters . She became a widow in 1533, but soon replaced her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband by a more illustrious See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover, the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's second son, Henry, who became dauphin in 1536 . Although he was ten years younger than Diane, she inspired the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince with a profound See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion, which lasted until his See also:

• DEATH

death . The See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of Henry II. in 1547 was also the accession of Diane: she was virtual See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen, while Henry's lawful wife, See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine de' See also:

• MEDICI
• MEDICI, GIACOMO (1817-1882)

Medici, lived in See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative obscurity . The See also:

• PART

part Diane played, however, must not be exaggerated . More rapacious than ambitious, she concerned herself little with See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, but devoted her energies chiefly to augmenting her income, and providing for her family and See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends . Henry was the most prodigal of lovers, and gave her all rights over the duchy of Valentinois . Although she showed See also:

• GREAT

great tact in her dealings with the queen, Catherine drove her from the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court after Henry's death, and forced her to restore the See also:

• CROWN

crown jewels and to accept Chaumont in See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange for See also:

• CHENONCEAUX

Chenonceaux . Diane retired to her See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau at See also:

• ANET

Anet, where she died in 1566 . Several historians relate that she had been the mistress of See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis I. before she became the dauphin's mistress, and that she gave herself to the king in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to obtain the See also:

• PARDON (through the Fr. from Late Lat. perdonare, to remit a debt or other obligation on a penalty)

pardon of her See also:

• FATHER

father, who had been condemned to death as an See also:

• ACCOMPLICE (from Fr. complice, conspirator, Lat. complex, a sharer, associate, complicare, to fold together; the ac- is possibly due to confusion with " accomplish," to complete, Lat. complere, to fill up)

accomplice of the See also:

• CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
• CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
• CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
• CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
• CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)

constable de See also:

• BOURBON
• BOURBON, CHARLES, DUKE OF (149o-1527)

Bourbon . This rumour, however, has no serious See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation .

Men vied with each other in celebrating Diane's beauty, which, if we may See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge from her portraits, has been slightly exaggerated . She was a healthy, vigorous woman, and, by dint of great pains, succeeded in retaining her beauty See also:

• LATE

late into See also:

• LIFE

life . It is said that even on the coldest mornings she would See also:

• WASH, THE

wash her See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face with well See also:

• WATER

water . Diane was a patroness of the arts . She entrusted to Philibert de 1'See also:

• ORME, ROBERT (1728-1801)

Orme the See also:

• BUILDING

building of her chateau at Anet, and it was for her that Jean See also:

• GOUJON, JEAN (c. 1520-c. 1566)
• GOUJON, JEAN MARIE CLAUDE ALEXANDRE (1766-1795)

Goujon executed his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master-piece, the statue of See also:

• DIANA

Diana, now in the Louvre . See G . Guiffrey, Lettres inedites de Diane de Poytiers (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1866) and Proces criminel de Jehan de Poytiers (Paris, 1867) ; See also:

• CAPEFIGUE

Capefigue, Diane de Poitiers (Paris, 1860); See also:

• HAY
• HAY (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Heu, Dutch hooi; the root from which it is derived, meaning " to cut," is also seen in " to hew "; cf. " hoe ")
• HAY, GEORGE (1729—1811)
• HAY, GILBERT
• HAY, JOHN (1838–1905)

Hay, Madame Dianne de Poytiers (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1900) .