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Agnès Sorel
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French Royal mistress
Key facts
- Born
- 1422, Fromenteau (Yzeures sur Creuse) , Touraine , France
- Died
- 9 February 1450 (aged 28), Jumièges , Normandy , France
- Occupation
- Maid of honour
- Known for
- Royal mistress
- Partner
- Charles VII of France
- Children
- Marie de Valois Charlotte de Valois Jeanne de Valois
- Parents
- Jean Soreau Catherine de Maignelais
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Agnès
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of death
- Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges
- Occupation
- art model
- Languages spoken
- Middle French
- Image
- Jean Fouquet 005.jpg
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- Commons category
- Agnès Sorel
- date of death
- 1450-02-09
- date of birth
- 1422-01-01
- unmarried partner
- Charles VII of France
- Commons gallery
- Agnès Sorel
- name in native language
- Agnès Sorel
- cause of death
- mercury poisoning
- pseudonym
- Dame de Beauté
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Agnès Sorel ( French: [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.
Life in the royal court
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