Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth was a French mistress of King Charles II of England. She was also made Duchess of Aubigny in the peerage of France.
Portrait by Sir Peter Lely, c. 1671
Chateau de Kérouaille, near Brest, Brittany, property of Louise's de Penancoët family; she was born there in 1649
Louise's father: Guillaume de Penancoët, Comte de Kérouaille (1615-1690)
A portrait of de Kérouaille with a young black girl presenting precious coral and pearls to her by Pierre Mignard
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Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth
…Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (5 September 1649 – 14 November 1734) was a French mistress of King Charles II of England. She was also made Duchess of Aubigny in the peerage of France. Louise was the daughter of Count Guillaume de Penancoët, Seigneur de Kérouaille…
Charles as an infant in 1630, painting attributed to Justus van Egmont
Portrait by William Dobson, c. 1642 or 1643
Cast gold coronation medal of Charles II, dated 1651