Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier

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Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier (c. 1475 – 1539) was a French nobleman best known as the father of Diane de Poitiers.[1]

He was the son of Aymar de Poitiers and Jeanne de La Tour d'Auvergne.

He was implicated in a plot against King Francis I of France discovered by his son-in-law Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, and he was condemned to death, but reprieved by the king.

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