Person:Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier (1)

Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier
b.Est 1475
d.1539
m. 28 Nov 1472
  1. Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint VallierEst 1475 - 1539
  2. Alphonse de Poitiers
  3. Jeanne de Poitiers - Bef 1500
  4. Françoise de Poitiers
  • HJean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint VallierEst 1475 - 1539
  • W.  Jeanne de Batarnay (add)
m. 4 Mar 1489
  1. Philbert de Poitiers
  2. Guillaume de Poitiers, seigneur de Saint Vallier
  3. Diane de Poitiers1499 - 1566
  4. Anne de Poitiers
  5. Françoise de Poitiers
  • HJean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint VallierEst 1475 - 1539
  • W.  Françoise de Chabanes (add)
m. 8 Jul 1516
  • HJean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint VallierEst 1475 - 1539
  • W.  Françoise de Polignac (add)
m. 26 Sep 1532
Facts and Events
Name Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1475
Marriage 4 Mar 1489 to Jeanne de Batarnay (add)
Marriage 8 Jul 1516 to Françoise de Chabanes (add)
Marriage 26 Sep 1532 to Françoise de Polignac (add)
Death[1] 1539
Reference Number? Q3175646?
Title (nobility)[2] seigneur de S. Vallier, marquis de Cotron, vicomte d'Etoile, baron de Clerieu, etc.


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

He was the son of Aymar de Poitiers and Jeanne de La Tour d'Auvergne.

He was implicated in a plot against King Francis I of France, discovered by his son-in-law Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, and was condemned to death, but reprieved by the king. He was imprisoned in the French castle of Loches where he died very quickly. His story was the inspiration for a character in Victor Hugo's 1832 play Le roi s'amuse who became Count Monterone when Francesco Maria Piave and Giuseppe Verdi relocated the plot of their 1851 opera Rigoletto from France to the Duchy of Mantua.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. Anselme (de Sainte-Marie). Histoire généalogique de la maison royale de France, des pairs et grands officiers de la Couronne. (Paris: la Compagnie des Libraires, 1726-1733)
    2:205-206.