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Noun: Diane de Poitiers
  1. French noblewoman who was the mistress of Henry II; she had more influence over him than did his wife Catherine de Medicis (1499-1566)
    - Duchesse de Valentinois

Type of: female aristocrat

Encyclopedia: Diane de Poitiers