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Agnès Sorel

1422 - 1450

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Agnès Sorel (French pronunciation: [aɲɛs sɔʁɛl]; 1422 – 9 February 1450), 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 four daughters. She is considered the first officially recognized royal mistress of a French king. She was the subject of several contemporary paintings and works of art, including Jean Fouquet's Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Agnès Sorel is the 225th most popular companion (down from 165th in 2019), the 971st most popular biography from France (down from 793rd in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Companion.

Agnès Sorel was a mistress of King Charles VII of France. She is most famous for her beauty and her intelligence.

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Among companions, Agnès Sorel ranks 225 out of 784. Before her are Anne of Bohemia, Constance of Austria, Joanna la Beltraneja, Blanche of Burgundy, Adelaide of Austria, and Elizabeth of Pomerania. After her are Jeanne d'Évreux, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Sigrid the Haughty, and Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria.

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Among people born in 1422, Agnès Sorel ranks 2. Before her is Federico da Montefeltro. After her are Mircea II of Wallachia, Gaston IV, Count of Foix, Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza, William Caxton, Francesco Pesellino, and Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua. Among people deceased in 1450, Agnès Sorel ranks 3. Before her are Sejong the Great, and Helena Dragaš. After her are Abdal-Latif Mirza, Stefano di Giovanni, Ahmad ibn Arabshah, Basil Valentine, Nuno Gonçalves, Francis I, Duke of Brittany, Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria, Bengt Jönsson, and Leonello d'Este.

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In France

Among people born in France, Agnès Sorel ranks 971 out of 6,770. Before her are Louis Barthou (1862), Henri Lebesgue (1875), Childebert III (678), Claudette Colbert (1903), Christian Clavier (1952), and Pauline Viardot (1821). After her are Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653), Maria Malibran (1808), Jeanne d'Évreux (1310), Joseph Babinski (1857), Pierre Mignard (1612), and Charles François Dumouriez (1739).

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Among COMPANIONS In France

Among companions born in France, Agnès Sorel ranks 27. Before her are Joanna of Bourbon (1338), Julie Clary (1771), Margaret of Provence (1221), Isabella of Angoulême (1188), Joan the Lame (1293), and Eleanor of Provence (1223). After her are Jeanne d'Évreux (1310), Charlotte of Savoy (1441), Adelaide of Aquitaine (950), Sophie of France (1734), Bertrade de Montfort (1070), and Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (1145).

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