Ποιος χρονολόγησε Ερρίκος Γ΄ της Γαλλίας;

Ο Ερρίκος ο Γ΄ της Γαλλίας (Henri III, 19 Σεπτεμβρίου 1551 – 2 Αυγούστου 1589), γνωστός και ως Ερρίκος της Πολωνίας, γεννήθηκε με το όνομα Αλέξανδρος Εδουάρδος της Γαλλίας, και ήταν μέλος του Οίκου των Βαλουά. Ήταν αρχικά βασιλιάς της Πολωνικής-Λιθουανικής Κοινοπολιτείας (1574–1574) και μετά Βασιλιάς της Γαλλίας από τις 30 Μαΐου 1574 μέχρι το τέλος του.

Η Βερόνικα Φράνκο (ιταλ. Veronica Franco, 1546 – 22 Ιουλίου 1591) ήταν Ιταλίδα ποιήτρια και εταίρα, η οποία έζησε και έδρασε στη Δημοκρατία της Βενετίας κατά το 16ο αιώνα.

Jeanne de Laval (also Madame de Sennecterre) (1549–1586), was a French noblewoman. She was the mistress of Henry III of France. She was a lady-in-waiting to the queen, Louise of Lorraine.

Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière, Marquise of Coeuvres, vicomtess of Soissons and of Bercy (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swaz babu də la buʁdezjɛʁ]; 1542 – 9 June 1592) was the mistress of a favourite of the king, Du Guast. She married Antoine d'Estrées in 1558, and they were the parents of Gabrielle d'Estrées—mistress of King Henry IV of France.

"La Belle Châteauneuf" (fl. 16th C.) was the name popularly given to Renée de Rieux, daughter of Jean de Rieux, seigneur de Châteauneuf, who was descended from one of the greatest families of Brittany. The dates of her birth and death are unknown.

She was maid of honour to France's queen mother, Catherine de' Medici, and a member of her notorious "Flying Squadron" (L'escadron volant). She inspired an ardent passion in the duke of Anjou, brother of Charles IX. This intrigue deterred the duke from agreeing to an arranged marriage with Elizabeth I of England; but he soon abandoned la Châteauneuf for Marie of Cleves (1571). The court then wished to find a husband for her, whose singular beauty gave her an influence which the queen-mother feared, and matches were in turn suggested with the Voivode of Transylvania, the Earl of Leicester; with Antoine Duprat, provost of Paris; and with the Count of Brienne, all of which came to nothing.

Ultimately, Renée was banished from the court on the ground that she had been lacking in respect toward the queen, Louise of Lorraine. She married a Florentine named Antinotti, whom she stabbed in a fit of jealousy (1577). She remarried, her husband being Philip Altoviti, who in 1586 was killed in a duel by the Grand Prior Henri d'Angoulême, who was himself mortally wounded.