Diane de France

Diane de France
suo jure Duchess of Angoulême
Duchess of Castro
Portrait by François Clouet, 1568
Born(1538-07-25)25 July 1538
Died11 January 1619(1619-01-11) (aged 80)
Paris, Kingdom of France
Noble familyValois-Angoulême
Farnese (by marriage)
Montmorency (by marriage)
Spouse(s)
(m. 1552; died 1553)
(m. 1559; died 1579)
FatherHenry II of France
MotherFilippa Duci

Diane de France, suo jure Duchess of Angoulême (25 July 1538 – 11 January 1619) was the natural (illegitimate) daughter of Henry II of France and his Italian lover Filippa Duci. She played an important political role during the French Wars of Religion and built the Hôtel d'Angoulême in Paris. She was the favorite of her half-brother, Henry III of France.