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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Agnès Sorel has received more than 1,129,538 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Agnès Sorel is the 165th most popular companion (down from 133rd in 2019), the 793rd most popular biography from France (down from 650th in 2019) and the 19th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Agnès Sorels by language

Over the past year Agnès Sorel has had the most page views in the with 184,060 views, followed by French (76,141), and German (21,074). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (249.15%), Swedish (133.17%), and Chinese (111.20%)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Agnès Sorel ranks 165 out of 784. Before her are Francis, Duke of Cádiz, Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland, Agnes of Courtenay, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, and Joanna of Bourbon. After her are Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile, Matilda of Flanders, Elizabeth Alexeievna, Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, Rosalynn Carter, and Brunhilda of Austrasia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1422, Agnès Sorel ranks 1. After her are Federico da Montefeltro, Mircea II of Wallachia, Gaston IV, Count of Foix, William Caxton, Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua, Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza, and Francesco Pesellino. Among people deceased in 1450, Agnès Sorel ranks 2. Before her is Sejong the Great. After her are Helena Dragaš, Abdal-Latif Mirza, Stefano di Giovanni, Basil Valentine, Francis I, Duke of Brittany, Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria, Leonello d'Este, Ahmad ibn Arabshah, Nuno Gonçalves, and Bengt Jönsson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Agnès Sorel ranks 793 out of 6,770. Before her are Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704), Jules Grévy (1807), Joanna of Bourbon (1338), Georges Rouault (1871), Robert Curthose (1054), and Gaston Doumergue (1863). After her are Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1162), Marie de France (1101), Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), Henri Lefebvre (1901), Marcel Carné (1906), and Vincent Cassel (1966).

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Among COMPANIONS In France

Among companions born in France, Agnès Sorel ranks 19. Before her are Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France (1290), Anne of Foix-Candale (1484), Charlotte of Savoy (1441), Claude of France (1499), Margaret of Provence (1221), and Joanna of Bourbon (1338). After her are Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1162), Isabella of Angoulême (1188), Eleanor of Provence (1223), Joan the Lame (1293), Adela of Champagne (1140), and Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1709).

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