Background
Disproven sources claim that she was the daughter of Diane de Poitiers, because the latter was already Henry II"s mistress by the time she brought up the little girl under her care.
Disproven sources claim that she was the daughter of Diane de Poitiers, because the latter was already Henry II"s mistress by the time she brought up the little girl under her care.
Diane was born in Paris during 1538 and was formally legitimised in 1547. Diane"s second marriage was to Francis de Montmorency in 1559, who was the eldest son of Anne, Constable of France. Diane became a favourite of Henry III, King of France, who made her Duchess of Angoulême in appanage (during her lifetime only) during 1582.
She was known to sing and could play the lute and other musical instruments.
Diane died on 11 January 1619 in Paris. Her surviving letters reveal her as a woman of great courage and tolerance.