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Château de Chenonceau, Located on the River Cher, Residence of Henry II mistress Diane de Poitiers, the passing to Catherine de' Medici from which she ran France, used as a hospital in the First world War and as an escape route from the Nazis in World War II.
Catherine de medicis lived here after her husband henry Ii died and henry's mistriss was asked to leave
This 16th century cabinet is in Francois I's bedroom; it was a wedding present to Francois II and Mary Stuart.
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