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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 prominent courtier. She 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diane de Poitiers has received more than 3,138,361 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Diane de Poitiers is the 860th most popular politician (up from 880th in 2019), the 319th most popular biography from France (up from 337th in 2019) and the 82nd 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

Among politicians, Diane de Poitiers ranks 860 out of 19,576. Before her are Jalal Talabani, Gordian III, Gwangjong of Goryeo, Barbara of Cilli, Rudolf I of Germany, and William III of England. After her are Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, Julius Nepos, Kliment Voroshilov, Lev Kamenev, Frederick V of Denmark, and Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.

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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 Giulio Romano, Claude of France, Peter of Alcantara, Bernardino de Sahagún, Claude Garamond, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Maria Salviati, 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, Leonhart Fuchs, Louise Labé, Antonio de Cabezón, Sigismund von Herberstein, Margaret Paleologa, and Jan Sanders van Hemessen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Diane de Poitiers ranks 319 out of 6,770. Before her are Claude Lorrain (1600), Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809), Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792), Georges Clemenceau (1841), Jean Gabin (1904), and Alphonse Daudet (1840). After her are Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781), Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707), Raynald of Châtillon (1123), Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659), Georges de La Tour (1593), and Paul Valéry (1871).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Diane de Poitiers ranks 82. Before her are John I of France (1316), Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (1748), Constantine II (316), Chlothar I (498), Raymond Poincaré (1860), and Georges Clemenceau (1841). After her are Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781), Anne of Brittany (1477), Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275), Louis VI of France (1081), Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640), and Robert I, Duke of Normandy (1010).

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