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Diane de Poitiers

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Diane de Poitiers (3 September 1499 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and a prominent courtier at the courts of king Francis I and his son, King Henry II of France. [1]

90 relations: Alexandre Dumas, Amadís de Gaula, Anet, Anna Walton, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Anne of France, Appanage, Athlete, Battle of Pavia, C.W. Gortner, Carolyn Meyer, Catherine de' Medici, Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Charles VII of France, Charles VIII of France, Château d'Anet, Château de Chaumont, Château de Chenonceau, Claude of France, Coronation, Courtier, Crown lands of France, Dauphin of France, Diana (mythology), Diana Quick, Diane (film), Dorothy Dunnett, Duke of Valentinois, Eleanor Hibbert, Eleanor of Austria, Etiquette, Eure-et-Loir, Favourite, Filippa Duci, Fountain of Diana, François Clouet, Françoise de Brézé, Francis I of France, Francis III, Duke of Brittany, French Crown Jewels, French people, French Revolution, Georges de La Trémoille, Golden Rose, Greek language, Henry II of France, Hunting, Imbert de Batarnay, Italian War of 1521–26, Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming, ..., Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier, Jean Goujon, Jeanne Kalogridis, Jousting, Judith Merkle Riley, Kathryn Lasky, Knight-errant, L'Île-Bouchard, La Princesse de Clèves, Lady-in-waiting, Lana Turner, Lance, Latin, List of French royal mistresses, Louis de Brézé, Louise of Savoy, Louvre, Maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de La Fayette, Moon, Mourning, Music, Nicole de Savigny, Normandy, Nostradamus (film), Pope Paul III, Princess Michael of Kent, Process of embodiment (physical theatre), Regent, Reign (TV series), Remuneration, Renaissance humanism, Retinue, Saint-Vallier, Drôme, Spain, The BMJ, The Two Dianas, Tournament, Tournament (medieval), Treason. Expand index (40 more) »

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas (born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie; 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas, père ("father"), was a French writer.

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Amadís de Gaula

Amadís de Gaula (original Old Spanish and Galician-Portuguese spelling; Amadís de Gaula,; Amadis de Gaula) is a landmark work among the chivalric romances which were in vogue in sixteenth-century Spain, although its first version, much revised before printing, was written at the onset of the 14th century.

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Anet

Anet is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

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Anna Walton

Anna Walton (born 18 December 1980) is an English actress known for her roles in Vampire Diary, Mutant Chronicles, and the compassionate Princess Nuala in Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

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Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly

Anna Jeanne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Duchess of Étampes (15081580), was a chief mistress of Francis I of France.

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Anne of France

Anne of France (or Anne de Beaujeu; 3 April 146114 November 1522) was a French princess and regent, the eldest daughter of Louis XI by Charlotte of Savoy.

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Appanage

An appanage or apanage (pronounced) or apanage is the grant of an estate, title, office, or other thing of value to a younger male child of a sovereign, who would otherwise have no inheritance under the system of primogeniture.

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Athlete

An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed or endurance.

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Battle of Pavia

The Battle of Pavia, fought on the morning of 24 February 1525, was the decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1521–26.

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C.W. Gortner

C.W. Gortner is an American author of historical fiction, including the novels The Last Queen, The Confessions of Catherine de Medici, and the Spymaster Trilogy.

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Carolyn Meyer

Carolyn Meyer (born June 8, 1935)Biography on author's Web site is an American author of novels for children and young adults.

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Catherine de' Medici

Catherine de Medici (Italian: Caterina de Medici,; French: Catherine de Médicis,; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589), daughter of Lorenzo II de' Medici and Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, was an Italian noblewoman who was queen of France from 1547 until 1559, by marriage to King Henry II.

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Charles III, Duke of Bourbon

Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (17 February 1490 – 6 May 1527) was a French military leader, the Count of Montpensier, Clermont and Auvergne, and Dauphin of Auvergne from 1501 to 1523, then Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, Forez and La Marche, and Lord of Beaujeu from 1505 to 1521.

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Charles VII of France

Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461), called the Victorious (le Victorieux)Charles VII, King of France, Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War, ed.

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Charles VIII of France

Charles VIII, called the Affable, l'Affable (30 June 1470 – 7 April 1498), was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498.

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Château d'Anet

The Château d'Anet is a château near Dreux, in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France, built by Philibert de l'Orme from 1547 to 1552 for Diane de Poitiers, the mistress of Henry II of France.

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Château de Chaumont

The Château de Chaumont (or Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire) is a castle in Chaumont-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, France.

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Château de Chenonceau

The Château de Chenonceau is a French château spanning the River Cher, near the small village of Chenonceaux in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France.

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Claude of France

Claude of France (13 October 1499 – 20 July 1524) was a queen consort of France by marriage to Francis I. She was also ruling Duchess of Brittany from 1514.

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Coronation

A coronation is the act of placement or bestowal of a crown upon a monarch's head.

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Courtier

A courtier is a person who is often in attendance at the court of a monarch or other royal personage.

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Crown lands of France

The crown lands, crown estate, royal domain or (in French) domaine royal (from demesne) of France refers to the lands, fiefs and rights directly possessed by the kings of France.

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Dauphin of France

The Dauphin of France (Dauphin de France)—strictly The Dauphin of Viennois (Dauphin de Viennois)—was the dynastic title given to the heir apparent to the throne of France from 1350 to 1791 and 1824 to 1830.

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Diana (mythology)

Diana (Classical Latin) was the goddess of the hunt, the moon, and nature in Roman mythology, associated with wild animals and woodland, and having the power to talk to and control animals.

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Diana Quick

Diana Marilyn Quick (born 23 November 1946) is an English actress.

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Diane (film)

Diane is a 1956 American historical film drama about the life of Diane de Poitiers, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by David Miller, and produced by Edwin H. Knopf from a screenplay by Christopher Isherwood based on a story by John Erskine.

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Dorothy Dunnett

Dorothy Dunnett (née Halliday, 25 August 1923 – 9 November 2001) was a Scottish historical novelist.

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Duke of Valentinois

Duke of Valentinois (French: Duc de Valentinois; Duca Valentino), formerly Count of Valentinois, is a title of nobility, originally in the French peerage.

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Eleanor Hibbert

Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English author who combined imagination with facts to bring history alive through novels of fiction and romance.

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Eleanor of Austria

Eleanor of Austria (15 November 1498 – 25 February 1558), also called Eleanor of Castile, was born an Archduchess of Austria and Infanta of Castile from the House of Habsburg, and subsequently became Queen consort of Portugal (1518–1521) and of France (1530–1547).

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Etiquette

Etiquette is a code of behavior that delineates expectations for social behavior according to contemporary conventional norms within a society, social class, or group.

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Eure-et-Loir

Eure-et-Loir is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers.

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Favourite

A favourite or favorite (American English) was the intimate companion of a ruler or other important person.

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Filippa Duci

Filippa Duci (French - Philippa Desducs; 1520, Moncalieri, Piedmont - before October 1586, near Tours), dame de Couy, was a French (originally Italian) courtier.

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Fountain of Diana

Fountain of Diana (Diane d'Anet, Diana with a Stag), c. 1549, is a marble Mannerist sculpture of Diane de Poitiers as goddess Diana in the Louvre (Louvre MR 1581 MR sup 123).

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François Clouet

François Clouet (c. 1510 – 22 December 1572), son of Jean Clouet, was a French Renaissance miniaturist and painter, particularly known for his detailed portraits of the French ruling family.

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Françoise de Brézé

Françoise de Brézé (1515 - 14 October 1577) was a French courtier.

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Francis I of France

Francis I (François Ier) (12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was the first King of France from the Angoulême branch of the House of Valois, reigning from 1515 until his death.

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Francis III, Duke of Brittany

Francis III of Brittany (Frañsez; François; 28 February 1518, in Amboise – 10 August 1536) was Duke of Brittany and Dauphin of Viennois as the first son and heir of King Francis I of France and Duchess Claude of Brittany.

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French Crown Jewels

The French Crown Jewels (Joyaux de la Couronne de France) comprise the crowns, orb, sceptres, diadems and jewels that were symbols of Royal power between 752 and 1825.

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French people

The French (Français) are a Latin European ethnic group and nation who are identified with the country of France.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution (Révolution française) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies that lasted from 1789 until 1799.

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Georges de La Trémoille

Georges de la Trémoille (c.1382 –6 May 1446) was Count de Guînes from 1398 to 1446 and Grand Chamberlain of France to King Charles VII of France.

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Golden Rose

The Golden Rose is a gold ornament, which popes of the Catholic Church have traditionally blessed annually.

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Greek language

Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, elliniká, "Greek", ελληνική γλώσσα, ellinikí glóssa, "Greek language") is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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Henry II of France

Henry II (Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559.

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Hunting

Hunting is the practice of killing or trapping animals, or pursuing or tracking them with the intent of doing so.

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Imbert de Batarnay

Imbert de Batarnay, Seigneur du Bouchage (1438? – 1523), French statesman, was born of an old but obscure family in Dauphiné, about the year 1438.

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Italian War of 1521–26

The Italian War of 1521–26, sometimes known as the Four Years' War, was a part of the Italian Wars.

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Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming

Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming (17 July 1502 – 20 February 1562), called la Belle Écossaise (French for "the Beautiful Scotswoman"), was an illegitimate daughter of King James IV of Scotland who served as governess to her half-niece Mary, Queen of Scots.

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Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier

Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier (c. 1475 – 1539) was a French nobleman best known as the father of Diane de Poitiers.

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Jean Goujon

Jean Goujon (c. 1510 – c. 1565)Thirion, Jacques (1996).

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Jeanne Kalogridis

Jeanne Kalogridis (pronounced Jean Kal-o-GREED-us), also known by the pseudonym J.M. Dillard (born 1954), is a writer of historical, science and horror fiction.

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Jousting

Jousting is a martial game or hastilude between two horsemen wielding lances with blunted tips, often as part of a tournament.

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Judith Merkle Riley

Judith Merkle Riley (January 14, 1942 – September 12, 2010) was an American writer, teacher and academic who wrote six historical romance novels.

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Kathryn Lasky

Kathryn Lasky (born June 24, 1944) is an American children's writer who also writes for adults under the names Kathryn Lasky Knight and E. L. Swann.

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Knight-errant

A knight-errant (or knight errant) is a figure of medieval chivalric romance literature.

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L'Île-Bouchard

L'Île-Bouchard is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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La Princesse de Clèves

La Princesse de Clèves is a French novel which was published anonymously in March 1678.

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Lady-in-waiting

A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, royal or feudal, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman.

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Lana Turner

Lana Turner (born Julia Jean Turner; February 8, 1921June 29, 1995) was an American actress who worked in film, television, theater, and radio.

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Lance

The lance is a pole weapon designed to be used by a mounted warrior or cavalry soldier (lancer).

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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List of French royal mistresses

This page contains a listing of notable French royal mistresses.

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Louis de Brézé

Louis de Brézé, Seigneur d'Anet and Comte de Maulevrier (died 23 July 1531) was a French nobleman, the grandson of King Charles VII of France by his natural daughter with his mistress Agnès Sorel.

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Louise of Savoy

Louise of Savoy (11 September 1476 – 22 September 1531) was a French noble and regent, Duchess suo jure of Auvergne and Bourbon, Duchess of Nemours, and the mother of King Francis I. She was politically active and served as the Regent of France in 1515, in 1525–1526 and in 1529.

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Louvre

The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France.

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Maîtresse-en-titre

The maîtresse-en-titre was the chief mistress of the king of France.

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Madame de La Fayette

Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de La Fayette (baptized 18 March 1634 – 25 May 1693), better known as Madame de La Fayette, was a French writer, the author of La Princesse de Clèves, France's first historical novel and one of the earliest novels in literature.

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Moon

The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.

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Mourning

Mourning is, in the simplest sense, grief over someone's death.

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Music

Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time.

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Nicole de Savigny

Nicole de Savigny (1535-1590), was the daughter of Georges II of Savigny and his first wife, Nicole d'Haussonville.

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Normandy

Normandy (Normandie,, Norman: Normaundie, from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is one of the 18 regions of France, roughly referring to the historical Duchy of Normandy.

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Nostradamus (film)

Nostradamus is a 1994 biographical film about Nostradamus, directed by Roger Christian.

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Pope Paul III

Pope Paul III (Paulus III; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope from 13 October 1534 to his death in 1549.

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Princess Michael of Kent

Princess Michael of Kent (born Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz; 15 January 1945) is a member of the British Royal Family of German, Austrian and Hungarian descent.

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Process of embodiment (physical theatre)

The process of embodiment is a development of a concept in the philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and others that has found an application in the training of actors.

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Regent

A regent (from the Latin regens: ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state because the monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated.

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Reign (TV series)

Reign is an American historical romantic drama television series following the early exploits of Mary, Queen of Scots.

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Remuneration

Remuneration is considered the pay or other compensation provided in exchange for the services performed; not to be confused with giving (away), or donating, or the act of providing to.

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Renaissance humanism

Renaissance humanism is the study of classical antiquity, at first in Italy and then spreading across Western Europe in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.

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Retinue

A retinue is a body of persons "retained" in the service of a noble, royal personage, or dignitary, a suite (literal French meaning: what follows) of "retainers".

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Saint-Vallier, Drôme

Saint-Vallier is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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The BMJ

The BMJ is a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal.

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The Two Dianas

The Two Dianas (Les Deux Diane) is a historical novel published in 1846-7 under the name of Alexandre Dumas but mostly or entirely written by his friend and collaborator Paul Meurice.

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Tournament

A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game.

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Tournament (medieval)

A tournament, or tourney (from Old French torneiement, tornei) was a chivalrous competition or mock fight in Europe in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (12th to 16th centuries).

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Treason

In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's nation or sovereign.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_de_Poitiers

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