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Diane de Poitiers

(dē-änˌ də pwä-tyāˈ) 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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