duchesse de valentinois

1. 1.

   French noblewoman who was the mistress of Henry II; she had more influence over him than did his wife Catherine de Medicis (1499-1566)

   SynonymsDiane de Poitiers

   Broaderfemale aristocrat

Questions about duchesse de valentinois

What does duchesse de valentinois mean?

duchesse de valentinois means "French noblewoman who was the mistress of Henry II; she had more influence over him than did his wife Catherine de Medicis (1499-1566)".

What is another word for duchesse de valentinois?

Close synonyms include Diane de Poitiers. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is duchesse de valentinois a common word?

duchesse de valentinois is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.