Mademoiselle de Vernici (Jolie-Antoinette De La Gare ) became notorious as the mistress of Emperor Charles VII. She was born Jolie-Antoinette De La Gare in 1541. It is suspected that her biological father was Prince Phillip, youngest brother of Emperor Louis XII, who became her legal guardian when her official father (a financier) was forced to leave the country in 1545 after a major financial scandal. She went to live with her mother and three younger sisters. She was intelligent and educated; she also learned to dance, engrave and to play guitar. She was married in 1560 (at the age of 19) to Guilaume d'Carpignac, nephew of her guardian. She had only one daughter with her husband (Amelie Marie, born 1562), historical sources blame this due to her husband’s suspected homosexuality.