IANE'S CORRESPONDENCE


Besides over one hundred extent letters, Diane left two poems to posterity. The letters are written for a diversity of occasions, public and private. Some are written in the king’s name, others are cowritten by Diane and Henry. Her personal letters often focus in on public concerns and her letters about her private affairs were the subject of public discussion in her lifetime. The public and the private are thus blurred in her writings which give a glimpse of the personality of one of the most public of people of the French Renaissance. Please remember that these letters are transcribed exactly as they were written in Old French

All Diane's correspondence bore her strong and confident signature:



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MONSR Le TRESSOURYER ROUBERTET

MONSIEUR LE GRANT MESTRE

MONSr LE MARESCHAL DE BRISSAC

MONSR DE HUMYÈRES

MADAME DE HUMYÈRES

MONSR LE DUC D'AUMALLE

MADAME LA DUCHESSE D'AUMALLE

MONR DU BOUCHAIGE

MONSR LE DUC DE GUISE

MADAME DE GUISE

MONSR D'URFÉ

On behalf of Henri

RECEIPTS

MONSIEUR LE RECEPVEUR DE SÉRÉ, CONSEILLIER DU ROY ET SECRÉTAIRE DE SES FINANCES, A PARIS

MONSR LE CONNESTABLE

MADAME LA CONNESTABLE

MONSR DE NEVERS

MADAME DE LONGUEVAL

MADAME DE MONTAYGU

MONSR LE CARDINAL DE TOURNON

MONSR DE CHARLUS

MONSR DE LA VIGNE, AMBASSADEUR POUR LE ROY DEVERS LE GRAND SEIGNEUR

MONSR DE LYMOGES

MONSIEUR, MONS LE DUC DE NYVERNOYS

This text is based on the 1866 edition of Diane de Poitier's Lettres edited by Georges Guiffrey. (Jules Renouard, Publisher, Paris, 1924.) The transcription is from the University of Minnesota Libraries. Call number: 944.028 P75c. Used with permission.