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The ESRF has gone back in time to study the reason for the sudden death of a beautiful mistress of the French king Charles VII, in the XV century. Thanks to synchrotron light, pieces of hair and bits ...

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 ...

More than five centuries after her death, forensic tests on the remains of France's first officially recognised royal mistress have determined that she was killed by mercury poisoning. Philippe ...

In the 1400s, the pale-skinned beauty Agnès Sorel caught the eye of King Charles VII of France. Agnès assumed the role of the King’s mistress and bore four children to him. This upset the machinations ...