List of French royal mistresses

This article contains a listing of notable French royal mistresses.

This list includes historically recognised and popularly attributed mistresses:[11] After 1755, unofficial lovers of the king who did not belong to the nobility were often kept at the Parc-aux-Cerfs.

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Agnès Sorel
Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan
Madame de Pompadour
Madame du Barry became a Maîtresse-en-titre despite her "low birth", which was considered scandalous.