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Oct 13, 2022 · Cardinal Jules Mazarin was an Italian cardinal, diplomat, and politician who served as the Chief Minister to the King of France from 1642 until his death in 1661. He functioned essentially as the co-ruler of France alongside the queen during the regency of Anne, and until his death effectively directed French policy alongside the monarch, Louis XIV.
Oct. 9, 1708, Brussels. Olympe Mancini, comtesse de Soissons (born 1639—died Oct. 9, 1708, Brussels) was the niece of Cardinal Mazarin and wife from 1657 of the Comte de Soissons (Eugène-Maurice of Savoy). Olympe Mancini had a brief affair with the young king Louis XIV when she was in her teens and took part in the amorous intrigues of the ...
Cardinal Mazarin Jules; Giulio Mazzarini; Julio Mazarino; Cardinal Jules Mazarin; Giulio Mazarino; edit. Language Label Description Also known as; English: Cardinal ...
Cardinal Ma.arin and the great nobility. during the Fronde. THE relationship between the crown and the great nobility is one of the touchstones for an understanding of the political process in France and other European monarchies during the early modern period. When kings were strong, they tended to impose their will on the magnates.
Jul 8, 2019 · The Mazarin I — the Sancy Diamond. It is believed that the 106 (old) carat Sancy formed part of the collection of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. Following his death it disappeared for over 20 years, finally reappearing in Germany in the hands of a merchant banker named Jacob Fugger.
One of his uncles, Giulio Mazarini (1544-1622), a Jesuit, enjoyed a great reputation in Italy, particularly at Bologna, as a preacher, and published several volumes of sacred eloquence. His youth was full of excitement: he accompanied the future Cardinal Colonna to Madrid; he was in turn a captain of pontifical troops and then a pontifical ...
Hortense Mancini (6 June 1646 – 2 July 1699), the cardinal's favorite niece, who married Armand-Charles de La Porte (1632–1713), in 1661, becoming Duchess Mazarin, and had issue. She was the official mistress of King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland. Marie Anne Mancini (1649 – 20 June 1714), a patron of the arts, who was tried ...
