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Portrait of Agn\u00e8s Sorel<\/em>, the Melun Diptych, France, anonymous, <\/em>20th<\/sup> century, in the words of Jean Fouquet, around 1452-1455, <\/em>Royal City of Loches<\/em>\/Indre-et-Loire Council.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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She was one of the Duchess of Lorraine and Duchess of Anjou Isabella\u2019s ladies in waiting and caught the attention of\u00a0Charles VII<\/a>, who was 20 years her senior, in around 1443. She then joined the Queen Marie of Anjou\u2019s service.<\/p>\n

Agn\u00e8s Sorel soon gained the status of official favourite, a new title in the royal court. She brought a breath of fresh air and avant-garde fashion to the royal court, which caused quite a stir among the King\u2019s earnest entourage. Despite her supporters and followers, some people were hostile towards her. One of them was the Dauphin Louis (future\u00a0Louis XI<\/a>), who insulted her in public and threatened her, leading the King to exile him to Dauphin\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Ch\u00e2teau de Loches became one of her favourite residences. She gave the King three daughters, whom he officially recognised. Charles VII<\/a>\u00a0gave her spectacular gifts and estates, including the ch\u00e2teau of Beaut\u00e9-sur-Marne which earned her the nickname, the \u201cLady of Beauty\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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She joined the King in Normandy whilst pregnant with her fourth child. Agn\u00e8s Sorel died in childbirth at the age of 27 from dysentery. Her body was examined in 2005 and found to have mercury poisoning, but the cause was inconclusive. Crime or poor medicine?<\/p>\n

Perhaps we will never know.<\/p>\n

Charles VII had Agn\u00e8s Sorel\u2019s embalmed body transported to Loches. She was buried in Saint-Ours collegiate church, where her alabaster and marble tomb effigy can still be seen today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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