Diane de Poitiers

Diane de Poitiers

female, deceased (1566)
French nobility, House of Valois, francis i, favorite, Mistresses of French royalty, HenriII
Diane de Poitiers (September 3, 1499 - April 25, 1566) was a noblewoman and a fixture at the courts of Francis I and Henri II of France. She became...
Pierre Lescot

Pierre Lescot

male, deceased (1578)
Palais du Louvre, Francois I of France, french renaissance, louvre, HenriII, French
Pierre Lescot (Paris c.1510 - Paris September 1578) was a French architect active during the French Renaissance, "the man who was first responsible...
Guillaume Pellicier

Guillaume Pellicier

male, deceased (1568)
French, bishop, bishop of Maguelonne, catherine de medici, francis i, cambrai…HenriII, Henry II of France
Guillaume Pellicier (Guillaume Pellissier) was a French prelate and diplomatist. Born at Melgueil in Languedoc, he was educated by his uncle, the...
Laurent Colot

Laurent Colot

male, deceased (1590)
French, physician, kidney stone, germain, lithotomy, HenriII
Laurent Colot was a French physician. Colot specialized in the treatment of kidney stones, using secret techniques he inherited from his father...

Henry II of France II of France

male, deceased (1559)
francis i, Book and manuscript collector, House of Valois, Knight of the Garter, King of France, French…HenriII, Henry II
Henry II, King of France (French: "Henri II") (March 31 1519 - July 10 1559), a member of the House of Valois, and the son and successor of Francis...
Anne Countess of Auvergne

Anne Countess of Auvergne

female, deceased (1524)
medieval France, Duke of Albany, 16th century, Duke of Auvergne, HenriII, La Tour d'Auvergne…Jean II, Count of Vendôme, Lorenzo II, Duke of Urbino, Henri II of France
Anne, Countess of Auvergne, also known as "Anne de la Tour d'Auvergne", was a 16th century ruler of feudal county of Auvergne (1501-24) and...

Antoine Cardinal Sanguin

male, deceased (1559)
French, Bishop of Toulouse, Bishop of Orléans, in commendam, HenriII, Francois I
Antoine Cardinal Sanguin was the uncle of Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, mistress of François I, to whom he owed his ecclesiastical career; there is n...
Androuet du du Cerceau

Androuet du du Cerceau

male, deceased (1584)
architect, French, 17th century, 16th century, triumphal arch, 16th…HenriII
Androuet du Cerceau was a family of French architects and designers active in the 16th and early 17th century. *Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau, born...