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The Creation of the French Royal Mistress Maria I. Abreu with a majority of AmericanKings throughout medieval and early modern Europe had extraconjugal sexual partners. Only in France, however, did the royal mistress become a quasi institutionalized political position. This study explores the emergence and development of the position of French royal mistress through detailed portraits of nine of its most significant incumbents: Agns Sorel, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Diane de Poitiers, Gabrielle d'Estres, Franoise Louise de La Baume