See also:

• AGNES, SAINT

AGNES See also:

• SOREL
• AGNES SOREL (c. 1422-1450)
• SOREL, ALBERT (1842-1906)
• SOREL, CHARLES, SIEUR DE SOUVIGNY (1597-1674)

SOREL (c. 1422-1450)  , See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles VII. of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of a See also:

• FAMILY

family of the lesser See also:

• NOBILITY

nobility at Fromenteau in See also:

• TOURAINE

Touraine . While still a girl she was attached to the service of See also:

• ISABEL

Isabel of See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine, See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, wife of Rene of See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou, the See also:

• BROTHER

brother-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of Charles VII . From 1444 until her See also:

• DEATH

death in 1450 she was the acknowledged mistress of the king, the first woman to hold that semi-See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official position which was to be of so See also:

• GREAT

great importance in the subsequent See also:

• HISTORY

history of the old regime . Her ascendancy dated from the festivals at See also:

• NANCY

Nancy in 1444, the first brilliant See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of Charles VII . Here her great beauty captivated the king, whose love for her remained See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant until.her death . He gave her See also:

• WEALTH

wealth, castles and lands, and secured for her the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state and distinction of a queen . This first public recognition of his mistress by a king of France scandalized all See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• PEOPLE

people and awakened See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy and intrigue . Her sudden death from See also:

• DYSENTERY (from the Gr. prefix Ova-, in the sense of " bad," and Evmpov, the intestine)

dysentery, shortly after the See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth of her See also:

• FOURTH

fourth See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, was accordingly attributed to See also:

• POISON

poison . Burgundian historians even openly accused the Dauphin, afterwards See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XI., of her death, and later the enemies of Jacques Coeur, in their See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search for crimes to be brought against him, used this rumour to See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge him with the one See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime most likely to turn the king against him . Her See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart was buried in the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of Jumieges, her See also:

• BODY

body in the collegiate See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of See also:

• LOCHES

Loches . Contemporary writers all See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness to her extra-See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary beauty, but no genuine portraits of her have come down to us . See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

Legend has made an entirely di2ferent See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of this first official mistress of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings .

The date of her birth was placed at about 1409, her liaison with the king dated from 1433 . Then, so the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story ran, she See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew him from his indolence, continuing the See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• JOAN

Joan of Arc, both by nerving the king to warlike enterprises—she did apparently induce him to take See also:

• PART

part personally in the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy—and by surrounding him with that See also:

• BAND

band of See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise advisers who really administered France during her ascendancy . See also:

• RECENT

Recent investigation has exploded this romantic story by simply showing that Charles VII. had not met her until ten years later than in the legend . Instead of being his See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole good See also:

• ANGEL

angel, she seems rather to have demoralized the king, who, hitherto chaste, henceforth gave himself up to courtesans . Yet she favoured the best advisers of the king, and at least in this deserved the gratitude of the See also:

• REALM

realm . See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre de See also:

• BREZE

Breze seems especially to have used See also:

• AGNES, SAINT

Agnes to gain his ascendancy over the king . See A . Vallet de Viriville's articles in Bibliotheque de l'Ecole See also:

• DES

des chartes (3rd See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, torn. i.); and R . See also:

• DUQUESNE
• DUQUESNE, ABRAHAM, MARQUIS (1610-1688)

Duquesne, See also:

• VIE

Vie et aventures galantes de la belle See also:

• SOREL
• SOREL, AGNES (c. 1422-1450)
• SOREL, ALBERT (1842-1906)
• SOREL, CHARLES, SIEUR DE SOUVIGNY (1597-1674)

Sorel (1909) .