The Femme Fatale Diane de Poitiers

[@lisetteeliseparis7070]

She loved Henri, land, and money. She caused Catherine no end of trouble. Thank you once again, Jon.

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Thank you Lisette 😊

[@rathertiredofthemess2841]

She also encouraged Henri to sleep with Catherine resulting in children.

[@lisafoodie8443]

She loved the easy life she needed Henri for that...she went full p€d0 to ensure she'd be looked after...I bet she never thought it'll end...

[@cw4608]

The images are beautiful, your voice is easy on the ears, the information interesting, and length of video very nice. Well done!

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Thank you so much 😊

[@funnytime13]

Thank you Jon! I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciates you❤

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Just you and me Cheryl have a great week 😊

[@funnytime13]

@@HistoryRoadshow thank you for your kind words! Wish I could see or hear them more but I don't have anyone in my life like you in my life or my recovery would go better and smoother!

[@IlGattoGialloCucina]

Big Diane fan here. Definetly ahead of OUR time, let alone hers

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@patriciafenwick5846]

I visited Anet, it has a lovely park. It was used as a filming location for the begining of Thunderball. It's very recognisable with the two deer adorning the entrance gate. Chenonceaux is lovely, my favourite of the Loire Valley chateaux. The arches spanning the river is in fact a long gallery with black and white tiles, probably due to Diane's influence. I'm a bit surprised that Catherine de Medici did not rip it all up to erase Diane's signature. Chaumont was considered unlucky, hence Catherine's gifting of it to Diane. I think Diane refused, and just retired to Anet. Thanks for the video

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Diane's château looks stunning, maybe I'll visit one day. Thanks Patricia 😊

[@susannahdyro4845]

Enjoying your channel I am going through an illness at the moment and I feel better just learning about history keep it up 😊

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Hope you're feeling much better soon Susannah, take care and thanks for watching 😊

[@cassandraralph5906]

I remember reading about Diane De Poitiers in a historical book by Jean Plaidy. She has fascinated me ever since. But this video really has taught me more about her than anything else I have seen or read. Very educational and enlightening video indeed. Thank you for this excellent work. 👏. By the way, Chateau de Anet, and Chenconeau(?sp) are my most favorite places, among others.

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Thank you Cassandra much appreciated as always 😊

[@cecileroy557]

I was so lucky to have visited Château de Chenonceau several years ago. Thank for this wonderful documentary!!

[@zoefang4563]

Sameee

[@janedee6488]

Wonderful video. Thanks I’ve always felt so sorry for Catherine having her husband so wrapped up in Diane. She is one of the most fascinating women in history.

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Thank you Jane you make a great point 😊

[@maryannbernal]

Love learning new stuff. Great episode. Keep them coming.

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Thank you Mary Ann as always 😊

[@karenlittle3339]

Brilliant as always

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Glad you enjoyed it Karen, thanks 😊

[@noreenclark2568]

I enjoyed the story of the life of Diane De Poiters it's the first time I've heard about her interesting life less King Henri 11, I would like to hear more of the same in future podcasts

[@OWOT-re5jf]

Love your narrative voice, music and artistic effects

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Thank you 😊

[@ElleHistory]

I have so much to say about Diane! Great video, Jon, as usual !!

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Thank you Elle always appreciate your views 😊

[@catherinepositano8544]

Fabulous stuff!...Thankyou Jon....History is so much more interesting when shown this way....My History teacher bored the stuffing out of me but not so when taught this way!🇦🇺...

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Glad you enjoy the style of story telling thanks Catherine 😊

[@MamaOfTwo]

That was great!! Thank a ton!!

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks 😊

[@elizabethsands4470]

I so enjoy your videos Jon. I find them so very interesting and I think your voice is just perfect. Thank you for sharing these with us 🥀👑

[@HistoryRoadshow]

So glad you enjoy the videos, thank you Elizabeth 😊

[@savagedarksider2147]

Great job with the video. 👍

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Thank you Savage 😊

[@GrumpyKitten375]

Thank you ❤

[@HistoryRoadshow]

You're welcome 😊

[@Angela-en6oh]

Hello Jon. Another insightful and interesting portrayal. Thank you.

[@animallover6645]

Diana was amazing but go Catherine, get her. Girl gotta do what a girl gotta do.

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Thank you 😊

[@wendymudkins8208]

Fascinating woman I've red a lot about her life great video as usual full of interesting facts thank you

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Thank you Wendy 😊

[@sempressfi]

Diane is one of my fave women in history. First came across her when reading the Mary Queen of Scots book in the Royal Diaries series and having been obsessed with the goddess Artemis/Diana since the same age I immediately became intrigued by her!

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed 😊

[@LauraFromMarkerQuest]

That was where I first read about her too!

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

“She touched hearts of powerful men.” That’s not all she touched.😅

[@nancyM1313]

Love learning about all these remarkable women thru out history

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Much appreciated Nancy 😊

[@jennifermelton9598]

If she served Queen Claude, she may have met Anne Boleyn! Wow. It’s fascinating to me how these historic women (possibly) brushed shoulders.

[@daviddevine1030]

How could they exhume her remains from a mass grave,and identify the remains as hers?

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Diane was buried in a funeral chapel near her castle at Anet. During the French Revolution, her tomb was opened and the mummified remains thrown in a mass grave. In 2008 several skeletons were excavated in the cemetery of Anet near a monument to Diane. Diane’s remains were identified by some physical particularities, the evidence of fractures of the tibia and fibula sustained during her riding accident, and also by comparing her mandible with that of her last portrait by Francois Clouet. Specimens of her hair were available from the excavated remains and also from hair that had been preserved in the castle. Gold concentrations 500 times the reference values were found, and her hair shafts were thin, a possible symptom of gold toxicity. Diane was known to have undergone a long course of gold treatment during life, hoping it was an elixir of youth. Such gold was popular at the time as aurum potabile, and she had apparently drunk during her life a preparation of gold believed to preserve youth, but whether this contributed to her death is not known.

[@daviddevine1030]

@@HistoryRoadshow Thanks for the response You are a credit to your profession!

[@neisazulian6273]

Il en aura traduction au Portugal’s?

[@OWOT-re5jf]

So beautiful

[@Veronica-v2g]

I see her as the Camilla Parker Bowles of her day. Always lurking around the prince who then became the King. Well after Henri died , she truly got her come uppance. I wonder if William will treat Camilla the way Catherine De Medici treated Diane ?

[@nadirmachadogoncalves7066]

Nice video. Thank you. But, dindn't the Queen Maria De Madici took her jewelry and that castle from her after the death of the King?

[@Kristine-h2y]

I have seen an old Hollywood film about this Lady. She was played by Lana Turner! 😂

[@zoefang4563]

LOOOOVE you Diane

[@mediocremaiden8883]

Smh..She just demanded Catherine de Medici's fave Chateau I think someone posted it up above. I know it's called "The Ladies Chateau" It was decorated with CH for Catherine and Henri but when you rotate it, it read DD (well interlocked C and H rotated then it looked like interlocked D's) Chateau Chenanceau? Diane took his Heart, his Favor, everything. Yes Henri visited Catherine and they had what turnedoit to be a series of Kings and one Queen, but he must have loved and trusted Catherine to leave her Regent?

[@Turefu2]

I don’t think he loved Catherine. It was common practice to appoint king’s wife a regent. He couldn’t make Diane a regent, if he could , he would’ve done that. Diane wasn’t a royalty, Catherine was.

[@DelilaSloan]

​@Turefu2 France needed the alliance that catherine provided and the dowry that catherine was supposed to have brought. I agree that henri was totally in love with diane and at rhe end of the day he always returned to diane. I do not believe he loved catherine in any romantic way either

[@vialogan]

Gorgeous!

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Thank you 😊

[@patricialong5767]

Fascinating female!

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Thanks Patricia 😊

[@alessandrarosina]

The video is rally beautiful, diana in the portaits is not beautiful masculine, she saves her father from betrayl by giving herself, to king francis 1, then finds henry more to fool, she is ambitious and relies on love, the king realizes late what type she is and understimated the strenght of character of Catherine de medici. Thank you very much. I wuold like the video about 2nd queen of france:Maria de medici.

[@annfisher3316]

👍👏✌

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Thanks Ann 😊

[@bihottie26]

She stayed hot hundreds of years before Botox and surgery. Love her

[@Mira-gu6we]

She was a pdf file.

[@DorchaEagla]

Think it wouldve been better if you explained that henry was the spare and to speak his brother otherwise an amazing photo. May i enquire (i ask because the change psets my autism) your need to use AI art so much and the talking heads please

[@HistoryRoadshow]

Using AI helps tell the stories much better than seeing the old portraits which give little away. However you will see paintings of the time and beyond also included. The Talking Heads are a resemblance of a character, I'm not allowed to use original images and the audio gives a brief insight into each one. Hope this helps. Thanks 😊

[@DorchaEagla]

@@HistoryRoadshow thanks very much for explaining! Love your videos!

[@HistoryRoadshow]

You're welcome 😊