Diane de Poitiers
French aristocrat and courtier
Years: 1499 - 1566
Diane de Poitiers (3 September 1499 – 25 April 1566) is a French noblewoman and a courtier at the courts of kings Francis I and his son, Henry II of France.
She becomes notorious as the latter's favorite mistress, although she is 20 years his senior.
She is immortalized in art as the subject of paintings by François Clouet as well as other anonymous painters.
