Henry 2 and diane de poitiers
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Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henry of France
Diane dem Poitiers had been a courtier all her life and knew the tricks of the trade.
She got married at age 15 to Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet. He was 39 years her senior. At age 22 she had two daughters, her husband died in 1531, when she was only 32.
Her years as a lady-in-waiting for powerful women like Queen Claude, Louise of Savoy, and Eleanor of Austria slipad her skills in courtly intrigue.
By 1533, the ung Maria dem Medici arrived to marry the 14-year-old Prince Henry. It was around this time that Diane and Henry embarked on their infamous romantisk händelse .
Diane couldn't care less about Maria, this was just a ung girl that she could control. She was experienced enough to know how to remain Henrie's favourite.
Interestingly, she even encouraged Henry to fulfill his marital duties, further solidifying her influence. She even took an acti
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Hektoen International
The woman in partial undress shown by Francois Clouet as A Lady in Her Bath is believed to be the famous mistress of the French King Henry II, Diane de Poitiers.1 Born in 1499 in the château of St. Vallier on the river Rhone, Diane descended from a family connected with royalty on both her father and her mother’s side. Her father had a passion for hunting and by age six Diane had learned how to manage a horse. She had a formal education, learning Latin and the classics, and even becoming knowledgeable in medicine by reading the works of Ambroise Paré and Andreas Vesalius.
In 1990 the late Dr. Robert L Schmitz of Chicago reviewed several aspects of her life and appears to have been the first to coin the term mammary narcissism.1 He describes Diane as obsessed with physical fitness, proud of her body and particularly her breasts, exercising regularly, riding horseback and hunting, bathing as often as three times a day in cold water and also at night i
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Royal Rivalry: Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de Medicis
France is famous—or perhaps infamous—for being a country of passion and heartbreak, of liaisons dangereuses and romantic rifts. Yet amongst the many tales of Parisian paramours and Loire lotharios, the royal rivalry between Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de Medicis remains one of the most scandalous and torrid tales of the 16th century.
We'd be remiss without mentioning that, as is generally the case with history, the tale of these two women was recorded and interpreted by men—a note always worth keeping in mind. We sat down with art historian and Italian portraiture specialist Sandra Laville to further investigate. Sandra is an art historian specializing in the link between European art, history and society from the 15th to the 19th centuries. She holds a Master's degree in Art History from the Université La Sorbonne, where she specialized in Italian Renaissance painting and the iconography of the modern Eu