Charles VII
Americannoun
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Charles the Victorious, 1403–61, king of France 1422–61 (son of Charles VI).
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Charles Albert, 1697–1745, elector of Bavaria 1726–45; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1742–45.
noun
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1403–61, king of France (1422–61), son of Charles VI. He was excluded from the French throne by the Treaty of Troyes, but following Joan of Arc's victory over the English at Orléans (1429), was crowned
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1697–1745, Holy Roman Emperor (1742–45) during the War of the Austrian Succession
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The model for Fouquet’s Virgin is Agnès Sorel, the mistress of Charles VII of France, who kneels adoringly on the accompanying panel of the diptych.
From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2020
Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! was first declared upon the coronation of Charles VII following the death of his father, the mad and tragic Charles VI, in 1422.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2015
Although the French king Charles VII owed his crown to Joan, he did nothing to rescue her.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
In the early 1400s, councilors to Charles VII warned, “among all the inhabited nations of the earth none is so deformed, variable, outrageous, excessive and inconstant in its garments and dress as the French nation.”
From New York Times • May 19, 2011
King Charles VII did not come to her aid.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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