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The Mazarinettes were the seven nieces of Cardinal Jules Mazarin, (1639–1661), chief minister to the Kings Louis XIII and Louis XIV of France from 1642 until his death. [1] They were the daughters of the cardinal's two sisters, Laura Margherita (died 1685), the wife of Girolamo Martinozzi, and Girolama , (1614–1656), the wife of ...
- Cardinal Mazarin’s Power
- The Mazarinettes in France
- Laura Mancini —The First Mazarinette
- Marriage
- Children and Her Death
Cardinal Jules Mazarin, who served as the chief minister to Kings Louis XIII and XIV, was an influential figure in seventeenth-century France. He was chief minister from 1642 until his death in 1661. Originally hailing from Italy, he relocated to France years before, and his two sisters followed him there. After having amassed so much power, he sou...
The widowed Anne of Austria, Queen Regent of France, was receptive to Mazarin bringing his nieces to court. In fact, she allowed the younger Mazarinettes (“little Mazarins”) to be educated alongside Louis XIV and his younger brother, Monsieur Philippe, Duke of Anjou. From the moment they arrived at court, these young women caused quite a stir. The ...
Like the rest of the Mazarinettes, Laura was born in Italy; she was born on 6 May 1636. Her parents, Baron Lorenzo Mancini and his wife, Girolama, belonged to the minor aristocracy. Together the couple produced ten children. Five of their daughters would belong to the infamous Mazarinettes. The eldest child born to this union was Laura Vittoria. Sh...
When she was of age to marry, several suitors were proposed for her. One such suitor was Louis-Charles de Nogaret de Foix, Duke of Candale. In his own right, the Duke of Candale was a handsome man, but he died before the marriage could take place. Laura eventually married a Prince of the Blood, Louis, Duke of Mercoeur, on 4 February 1651. Thereafte...
The Duke and Duchess Mercoeur had three sons: Louis Joseph, Philippe, and Jules César. The two eldest sons lived to adulthood and had no children. The third son died at the age of three. Laura suffered great sorrow as right before her third son was born, she lost her mother, who died on 29 December 1656 at the Louvre Palace. She was beside herself ...
Laura Mancini, Duchess of Mercœur (6 May 1636 – 8 February 1657) was a niece of Cardinal Mazarin. She was the eldest of the five famous Mancini sisters, who along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, were known at the court of Louis XIV of France as the Mazarinettes.
Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin (6 June 1646 – 2 July 1699), was a niece of Cardinal Mazarin, chief minister of France, and a mistress of Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Laura Mancini was the eldest of the five famous Mancini sisters. She married Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme , grandson of King Henry IV , and was the mother of the great general the Duke of Vendôme .
The Mazarinettes were the seven nieces of Cardinal Jules Mazarin, the Chief Minister of France during the youth of King Louis XIV. He brought them, together with three of his nephews, from Italy to France in the years 1647 and 1653.
30 de mar. de 2021 · She was one of the nieces and nephews of Louis XIV’s chief minister Cardinal Mazarin, whom that ‘foreign parvenu’ imported from their native Rome to the French court, so that he could shore up his position by marrying them into key families of the French nobility.
