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Diane de Poitiers

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Di·ane de Poi·tiers  (d-än d pwä-ty) Duchesse de Valentinois. 1499-1566.
French noblewoman and mistress of Henry II. Her influence, lasting throughout his reign (1547-1559), overshadowed that of his wife, Catherine de Médicis.
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Noun1.Diane de PoitiersDiane de Poitiers - French noblewoman who was the mistress of Henry II; she had more influence over him than did his wife Catherine de Medicis (1499-1566)
Duchesse de Valentinois


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Her slender and well-defined outlines reminded an artist of the Venus of the Middle Ages rendered by Jean Goujon, the illustrious sculptor of Diane de Poitiers.
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