DIANE DE FRANCE (1538-1619) natural daughter of Henri II, legitimized, duchess of Angoulême and Étampes, she married Horace Farnèse and then François de Montmorency. L.S., Saumur November 30, 1589, to Charles-Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy; 1page folio, addressed. She begins by recalling her affection for the duke's mother (Marguerite de France, daughter of François I): "The late Madame de Savoye, your mother, has always done me the honor of loving me, and is in this world one of the Princesses to whom I am most obliged. Aussy estois-je sa treshumble servante"... She recommends Duke Fabritio de Cassant, a relative of her late mother [Filippa Duci], "in order to have him restored to the enjoyment of his heritage, which he has lost at the instigation of his enemies, who are working hard to bring him to trial, until they have made him criminal, thinking that this will ruin him and put him in your bad grace". But she has every confidence in the Duke's fairness, and begs him to do justice to her relative...