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| page 3 | François I , by Tiziano Vecellio (Titian). (Musée du Louvre, Paris, France/Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 4 | The Battle of Pavia , by Ruprecht Heller. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 4 | Fontainebleau. (Private Collection) |
| page 5 | The Solemn Entrance of Emperor Charles V, François I, and Alessandro Farnese to Paris in 1540 , from the Sala dei Fasti Farnese (fresco), by Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari). (Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Italy/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 5 | François I (1494–1547) Receives the Last Breaths of Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), 1818 (oil on canvas), by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867). (Musée de la Ville de Paris, Musée du Petit-Palais, France/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 6 | Henri II as a Child , by Jean Clouet. (Musée Condé, Chantilly, France/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 6 | Henri II on Horseback . (Private Collection) |
| page 7 | Marriage of Henri II and Catherine de’ Medici with Diane de Poitiers (enamel), by Léonard Limousin. (Private Collection) |
| page 7 | Diana and the Stag , by Jean Goujon. Made for Anet and now in the Louvre. (Private Collection) |
| page 7 | Catherine de’ Medici (enamel), by Léonard Limousin. (Private Collection) |
| page 8 | Catherine de’ Medici . French School, 16c. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 8 | Catherine de’ Medici , by François Clouet. (Musée de la Ville de Paris, Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France/Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 9 | The Cortège of Drummers and Soldiers at the Royal Entry Festival of Henri II into Rouen . French School, 16c. (Bibliodièque Municipale, Rouen, France/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 10 | The Drowning of Britomaris , and detail. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of the children of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, in accordance with the wishes of their mother, 1942) |
| page 11 | Equestrian portrait, presumed to be Dauphin Henri II, by François Clouet. (Menil Collection, Houston, Texas/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 11 | Henri II of France , by François Clouet. (Musée Condé, Chantilly, France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 12 | Catherine de’ Medici, Wife of King Henri II of France . French School, 16c. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 13 | Henri II . French School, 16c. (Lobkowicz Collections, Nelahozeves Castle, Czech Re/files/21/53/53/f215353/public/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 13 | Diane de Poitiers, Mistress of Henri II, King of France . French School, 16c. (State Collection, France/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 14 | Portraits of Leo X, Cardinal Luigi de’ Rossi, and Giulio de’ Medici, by Raphael. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 14 | Portrait of Eleonore of Habsburg, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Portugal, then Queen of France, and the second wife of François I, 1536 (oil on canvas), by Leonard Limousin (c. 1505–c. 1575). (Musée Nationale de la Renaissance, Ecouen, France/Roger-Viollet, Paris/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 14 | Anne de Montmorency, Constable and Marshal of France , by François Clouet. (Musée Condé, Chantilly, France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 15 | Diane de Poitiers in Her Bath , by François Clouet. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France/Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 15 | Portrait of Diane de Poitiers, by Cecchino Salviati. (Private Collection) |
| page 15 | Diane de Poitiers . School of Fontainebleau, 16c. (Private Collection) |
| page 16 | Mary Stuart’s Farewell to France , by Henry Nelson O’Neil. (Phillips, The International Fine Art Auctioneers, UK/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 16 | Le Château de Chenonceau , by Pierre-Justin Ouvrie. (Private Collection/Phillips, The International Fine Art Auctioneers, UK/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
About the Author
Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent is the author of two previous books, Crowned in a Far Country: Portraits of Eight Royal Brides and Cupid and the King: Five Royal Paramours. Princess Michael’s fourth book and her first historical novel, “The Queen of Four Kingdoms”, set in 15th Century France, will be published in 2013. For more than fifteen years, the Princess has pursued a successful career lecturing on historical topics. She lives with her husband, Prince Michael of Kent, in Kensington Palace in London.
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