. Pictures of the old French court; Jeanne de Bourbon, Isabeau de Bavière, Anne de Bretagne. ve, there appeared no prospectof his becoming King. After his accession he con-stantly neglected her for Agnes Sorel and othermistresses. She seems not to have been wantingin judgment or capacity, and under different cir-cumstances might have made an excellent queen;but her idea of duty was the submission of a slave,and her gentle, saintly character was more fitted forthe cloister than the throne. She was the only humanbeing her son, Louis XL, really loved,1 and wouldnever oppose, and her death soon af
. Pictures of the old French court; Jeanne de Bourbon, Isabeau de Bavière, Anne de Bretagne. ve, there appeared no prospectof his becoming King. After his accession he con-stantly neglected her for Agnes Sorel and othermistresses. She seems not to have been wantingin judgment or capacity, and under different cir-cumstances might have made an excellent queen;but her idea of duty was the submission of a slave,and her gentle, saintly character was more fitted forthe cloister than the throne. She was the only humanbeing her son, Louis XL, really loved,1 and wouldnever oppose, and her death soon after his accessionto the throne was considered a public calamity. Shehad twelve children, of whom seven died young. Tierce en chef,au. 1 ^ de buzuUs de huitpieces, pour Honi>rie . Au 2. feme de France au tomb el detrois pendant de dueules. 3. darkenI ala croix potencee dor, eanfon-nee de quatre eroijettes de mefoe/ pour Jermfalem. SoutenuCluI. de la pointe et feme deJranee a la bordure aebueulespour Anjou. parh dor a quatref»a(s de dueules, pour Arradon. 1 Except his eldest daughter in after years, for whom he had a strongaffection. i45i] CHARLOTTE DE SAVOIE 301 Charlotte de Savoie was much less gifted andmore unfortunate than her predecessor. CharlesVII., with all his faults, was neither cruel, avaricious,nor disagreeable, and his wife was free to amuseherself and direct her children and household asshe pleased. But Louis XI. was a cruel, remorseless
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