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Agnès Sorel

01 Jan, 1970 in

Agnès Sorel known by the sobriquet Dame de beauté (Lady of Beauty), was a favourite, and chief mistress, of King Charles VII of France, by whom she bore three daughters. She is considered the first officially recognized royal mistress. She was the subject of several contemporary paintings and works of... art, including Jean Fouquet's Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels.

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