ETTERS FROM HENRI II TO DIANE DE POITIERS




Since Diane was so much older than Henri, she
naturally assumed that she would die before him,
and insisted that he burn her letters to him.
However, those letters written to her by Henri
have survived.

No, your French is NOT rusty!
Henri and Diane wrote in Renaissance "Old French".

Letter written from Fontainebleu, 1547, addressed to Madame de valantynoys

Letter written from Valdersen, 1547, addressed to Madame de valantynoys

Letter written from Fontainebleu, May 1552, addressed to Dianne de Poytiers

Letter written from Paris, January 1552-1553, addressed to Madame de Valantynoys

Letter written from Camp de Pierrepont, 10 Aug 1558, addressed "A Mon Conpère"