Diane de France
Diane de France, suo jure Duchess of Angoulême (25 July 1538 – 11 January 1619) was the natural (illegitimate) daughter of Henry II of France and his Italian lover Filippa Duci. She played an important political role during the French Wars of Religion and built the Hôtel d'Angoulême in Paris.
Diane de France | |
|---|---|
| suo jure Duchess of Angoulême Duchess of Castro | |
Portrait by François Clouet, 1568 | |
| Born | 25 July 1538 |
| Died | 11 January 1619 (aged 80) Paris, Kingdom of France |
| Noble family | Valois-Angoulême Montmorency (by marriage) |
| Spouse(s) | Orazio Farnese, Duke of Castro
(m. 1552; died 1553) |
| Father | Henry II of France |
| Mother | Filippa Duci |
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