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biography
pronunciation:
[deean duh frãs]
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| (1538–1619)
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| Duchess of Angoulême, born in Paris, France, a natural daughter of Henry II of France and a Piedmontese (according to others, of Diane de Poitiers). Formally legitimized, she married Orazio Farnese (1553) but was widowed the same year; she married François de Montmorency in 1559. Widowed again 1579, she became a favourite of Henry III who gave her the estate of Angoulême. She enjoyed great influence at court under Henry IV, and superintended the education of the future Louis XIII. |
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