armedandglamorous:Agnès Sorel The royal favorite of King Charles VII of France. Agnès was the first
armedandglamorous:Agnès Sorel The royal favorite of King Charles VII of France. Agnès was the first officially recognized Royal Mistress. She held considerable influence over the weak king. So much so that his oldest son had her banished to her castle. in 1450 she set off, while pregnant with the king’s child, to join him on the battlefield.She gave birth on arrival and died soon after of mercury posioning. she was buried in Loches, in a marble sarcophagus, flanked by angels and lambs. -- source link
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