Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier
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Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier (c. 1475 – 1539) was a French nobleman best known as the father of Diane de Poitiers
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He was the son of Aymar de Poitiers and Jeanne de La Tour d'Auvergne.
He was implicated in a plot against King Francis I of France, discovered by his son-in-law Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet
, and was condemned to death, but reprieved by the king. He was imprisoned in the French castle of Loches when he died very fast.
Diane de Poitiers
Diane de Poitiers was a French noblewoman and a prominent courtier at the courts of kings Francis I and his son, Henry II of France. She became notorious as the latter's favourite mistress...
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He was the son of Aymar de Poitiers and Jeanne de La Tour d'Auvergne.
He was implicated in a plot against King Francis I of France, discovered by his son-in-law Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet
Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet
Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet and comte de Maulevrier was a French nobleman, the grandson of King Charles VII of France by his natural daughter with his mistress Agnès Sorel.- Birthright, marriage, political intrigues :...
, and was condemned to death, but reprieved by the king. He was imprisoned in the French castle of Loches when he died very fast.