Agnes Keyser
Agnes Keyser (born April 20, 1869 , † May 11, 1941 in London ) was an English courtesan and mistress of King Edward VII of Great Britain , later she was known as sister Agnes .
Life
Agnes Keyser was the wealthy daughter of a London stockbroker. She received an excellent upbringing for a girl in the Victorian era , she was considered precocious and extremely intelligent. Before she caught the attention of the Prince of Wales (1841-1910), she was the lover of the Portuguese nobleman, diplomat , courtier and womanizer par excellence , Marquis Luis Augusto Pinto de Soveral (1855-1922). Agnes Keyser had to share the favor of the Prince and later King of Great Britain with Alice Keppel .
In 1899, Agnes Keyser and her sister Fanny founded King Edward VII's Hospital in London , following the advice of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910). The hospital was used for the sick and injured officers from the Second Boer War . The Prince of Wales and Ernest Cassel were among the hospital's early patrons.
literature
- Raymond Lamont-Brown: Edward VII's Last Loves: Alice Keppel and Agnes Keyser , Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1998
- Richard Hough: Sister Agnes: History of King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers, 1899-1999 , John Murray Verlag (1998), ISBN 0-7195-5561-2
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| SURNAME | Keyser, Agnes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sister agnes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mistress of King Edward VII of Great Britain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1869 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1941 |
| Place of death | London |