Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet

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Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet (died July 23, 1531) was a French nobleman, the grandson of King Charles VII of France by an illegitimate daughter.

He married Diane de Poitiers on March 29, 1515, and they had two daughters. Louis was much older than Diane, but they had a happy marriage until his death.

He was influential at court, being named Sénéchal of Normandy and Master of the Hunt.

In 1523, Louis discovered a plot against King Francis I of France. He did not know at the time that Diane's father, Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier, was involved in the plot. He was condemned to death, but reprieved by the king.

Before his death in 1531, Louis encouraged the marriage of Prince Henry with the Pope's great-niece, Catherine de Medici, thus setting up the triangle that was to continue until Henry's death, with his widow as Henry's mistress.