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Diane de Poitiers

1499 - 1566

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Diane de Poitiers (9 January 1500 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and courtier who wielded much power and influence as King Henry II's royal mistress and adviser until his death. Her position increased her wealth and family's status. She was a major patron of French Renaissance architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diane de Poitiers is the 1,107th most popular politician (down from 860th in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from France (down from 319th in 2019) and the 94th most popular French Politician.

Diane de Poitiers was a mistress of King Henry II of France and the power behind the throne.

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Among politicians, Diane de Poitiers ranks 1,107 out of 19,576. Before her are Yongzheng Emperor, Roh Tae-woo, Donald Tusk, Childeric I, Wazner, and Muhammad XII of Granada. After her are Andrew II of Hungary, Omri, Creon, Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Mohammed Daoud Khan, and Asparuh of Bulgaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1499, Diane de Poitiers ranks 4. Before her are Pope Pius IV, Mary Boleyn, and Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia. After her are Claude of France, Giulio Romano, Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, Bernardino de Sahagún, Peter of Alcantara, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Claude Garamond, and Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. Among people deceased in 1566, Diane de Poitiers ranks 4. Before her are Suleiman the Magnificent, Nostradamus, and Bartolomé de las Casas. After her are Nikola IV Zrinski, Daniele da Volterra, Louise Labé, Leonhart Fuchs, Antonio de Cabezón, Sigismund von Herberstein, Margaret Paleologa, and Lambert Lombard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Diane de Poitiers ranks 366 out of 6,770. Before her are Paul Ricœur (1913), Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699), Luc Montagnier (1932), Denis Papin (1647), Pierre Boulez (1925), and Antonin Artaud (1896). After her are Héloïse (1101), François Mauriac (1885), Henri Charrière (1906), Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804), Claude of France (1499), and René Goscinny (1926).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Diane de Poitiers ranks 94. Before her are Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786), Adolphe Thiers (1797), Constantine II (316), Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275), Anne of Brittany (1477), and Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058). After her are Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804), Robert I, Duke of Normandy (1010), Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (1748), Matilda of Boulogne (1103), Marie Louise d’Orléans (1662), and Dagobert I (611).

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