Agnes, Mary, and Mary Magdalene

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Agnes Sorel was the first official mistress in France, the lover of King Charles VII. But with her official position came a target on her back. Her influence meant that she would make enemies, and even the love of a king can't protect you from everything.

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0:00.0	From the producers who brought you Princess of South Beach comes a new podcast, The Setup.
0:06.1	The Setup follows a lonely museum curator, but when the perfect man walks into his life...
0:12.0	Well, I guess I'm saying I like you.
0:13.7	You like me?
0:15.0	He actually is too good to be true.
0:17.3	This is a con. I'm conning you to get the Delano painting.
0:20.5	You can do this together.
0:23.6	Listen to The Setup on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.3	Welcome to Noble Blood, a production of IHeart Radio and Grim and Mild from Aaron Manky.
0:36.4	Listener discretion advised.
0:41.3	In the 1440s, a scandal overtook the French court of Charles the 7th.
0:48.1	It was the women and the salacious way they were dressing.
0:53.6	One contemporary was outraged by, quote,
0:57.1	openings in dresses in the front through which one can see the breasts and nipples of women,
1:02.7	and long-furred trains, chains, and other things, which are, quote, displeasing to God and to the
1:09.8	world with good reason.
1:11.9	While this first trend reporter kept things general,
1:16.0	another chronicler wasn't afraid to name names.
1:19.7	He accused one person of leading the charge
1:23.0	towards tainting the court's moral decency.
1:26.8	Agnes Sorrell, King Charles V. 7th's official mistress.
1:32.4	According to that source, Agnes, quote,
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