Agnès sorel paintings

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Agnès Sorel (1421 – 9 February 1450), was a favourite mistress of King Charles VII of France.

Charles VII was the father of her three daughters.

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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Life in the royal court

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Sorel was twenty years old when she was first introduced to King Charles. She was a very beautiful young woman, and was also of above-average intelligence.

The French king immediately fell in love, and she soon became his mistress. The King gave her the Château de Loches (where he had been persuaded by Joan of Arc to be crowned King of France) as her private residence.^[1]

Sorel's presence was alleged to have brought the king out of a protracted depression.^[source?] She had a v