diane de poitiers

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diane de poitiers - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Diane de Poitiers
      n 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) [syn: Diane de Poitiers, Duchesse de Valentinois
           ]